| 单词 | exaggeration |
| 释义 | exaggeration (once / 940 pages) n If you're prone to exaggeration, it means you habitually overstate the truth. If you have a dog and a hamster, it would be an exaggeration to describe yourself as "practically Doctor Dolittle," living in a house full of animals. When you make something showier, or more noticeable than normal, that's also called exaggeration. The exaggeration of your hand movements might be necessary on stage so the audience can see them, but in real life it just looks silly. Exaggeration comes from the Latin word exaggerare, which means to magnify or to heap or pile on. WORD FAMILYexaggeration: exaggerations+/exaggerate: exaggerated, exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggeration/exaggerated: exaggeratedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe first description is probably an exaggeration, and the second is simply false. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) When we’re being criticized by someone who wants an apology, we automatically listen for the inaccuracies, distortions and exaggerations that will inevitably be there. Time(Dec 28, 2016) Either Hap doesn’t count, or this is just an exaggeration. Time(Dec 19, 2016) 1n making to seem more important than it really is Syn|Ant|Hyper magnification, overstatement understatement a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood 2n extravagant exaggeration Syn|Hyper hyperbole figure, figure of speech, image, trope language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense 3n the act of making something more noticeable than usual the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness Hyper increase, step-up the act of increasing something |
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