dramatize

1. V-T If a book or story is dramatized, it is written or presented as a play, film, or television drama. 把 (小說、故事等) 改編爲劇本[usu passive]

...an incident later dramatized in the film "The Right Stuff."

…一個事件後來被改編成了電影《太空先鋒》。

2. dramatizationN-COUNT 改編成的戯劇; 改編成的劇本

...a dramatization of D. H. Lawrence's novel, "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

…根據(jù)D. H. 勞倫斯的小說《查泰萊夫人的情人》改編的劇本。

3. V-T If you say that someone dramatizes a situation or event, you mean that they try to make it seem more serious, more important, or more exciting than it really is. 使戯劇化; 渲染[表不滿]

They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation. 他們有一種炫耀的傾曏,幾乎任何情況都要大肆渲染一番。