| 单词 | exaggerate |
| 释义 | exaggerate (once / 287 pages) v When you exaggerate you stretch the truth. Fishermen tend to exaggerate the size of their fish. And children tend to exaggerate the seriousness of their cuts in order to get cute Band-Aids. We all have a tendency to exaggerate. It makes our stories funnier, or more dramatic. After all, when you exaggerate, you're not really lying — you're just overstating things. The word exaggerate can also suggest that a particular characteristic is overdone or almost larger than life. If you describe someone as having an exaggerated limp, he or she might be walking like a gorilla. WORD FAMILYexaggerate: exaggerated, exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggeration+/exaggerated: exaggeratedly/exaggeration: exaggerations USAGE EXAMPLESHarry B. Harris told an audience in Australia recently that “reports of America’s abandonment of the Indo-Asia-Pacific are greatly exaggerated.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) On Wednesday, Trump accused the news media of exaggerating any potential conflicts presented by his business holdings. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) “It’s hard not to use very exaggerated terms when you are talking about this, because it really is a pretty major step forward,” Brandsema said. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v enlarge beyond bounds or the truth tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate downplay, minimise, minimize, understate represent as less significant or important overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress place special or excessive emphasis on blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vauntshow off aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, padadd details to glorifycause to seem more splendid puffspeak in a blustering or scornful manner crow, gloat, triumphdwell on with satisfaction misinform, mislead give false or misleading information to 2v do something to an excessive degree Syn|Hypo|Hyper overdo overpraise praise excessively oversimplifysimplify to an excessive degree overleapdefeat (oneself) by going too far do, make engage in |
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