exaggerate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. 夸大
He thinks I'm exaggerating. 他認(rèn)為我在夸大其詞。
2. exaggerationN-VAR 夸大
Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration. 像很多有關(guān)他的故事一樣，這個(gè)也有點(diǎn)兒夸大的意味。
3. V-T If something exaggerates a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is. 夸大
These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness. 這些數(shù)字夸大了競爭力的下降。
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exaggerate /?ɡ?z?d???re?t/ (exaggerating,exaggerated,exaggerates)
劍橋詞典
- to make something seem larger , more important , better , or worse than it really is
- You shouldn't believe everything she says - she does tend to exaggerate.
- The minister suggested that some leading environmentalists were exaggerating the issues somewhat .
- She was a bit annoyed , but she wasn't furious - don't exaggerate.
- I don't think it would be exaggerating to say that the composer's new work is a masterpiece .
- He has exaggerated the whole event to make it sound rather more dramatic than it actually was. 返回 exaggerate
夸張；夸大；對(duì)…言過其實(shí)
The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated. 遭受襲擊的威脅被過分夸大了。
Don't exaggerate - it wasn't that expensive . 不要言過其實(shí)——沒有那么貴。
I'm not exaggerating - it was the worst meal I've ever eaten in my life . 我不是在夸大其詞——那是我這輩子吃到的最難以下咽的飯了。
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