| 单词 | exaggerated |
| 释义 | exaggerated (once / 570 pages) adj Exaggerated describes something that's been overstated, or described as more impressive than it really is. Your exaggerated details stretched the truth, but they sure made your story funny and memorable. Something that is exaggerated is described as better or bigger than it actually is, like your exaggerated description of the terrible day you had. Exaggerated can also describe something that is oversized, like the exaggerated collar on a funky sweater. The original meaning of exaggerated, in the early 1500s, was "piled up or accumulated." To spell exaggerate correctly, think of bragger. WORD FAMILYexaggerated: exaggeratedly+/exaggerate: exaggerated, exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggeration/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) “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) Audiences laughed nervously at the exaggerated absurdity of it all. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj enlarged to an abnormal degree thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes Syn enlarged, magnified increased made greater in size or amount or degree 2adj represented as greater than is true or reasonable an exaggerated opinion of oneself Syn overdone, overstated immoderate beyond reasonable limits |
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