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exaggerate vt.夸张；夸大；对...言过其实vi.夸张；夸大其词 (1) 不要夸大那两件事的相似性。(2) 形势的严重性被报纸夸大了。(3) 他往往夸大困难。(4) 虽然我们不能夸大这些不同，但是我们也不能忽视它们的存在。(5) 当他们谈论一件事情时，他们总喜欢夸大其词。(6) 面试时,有些面试者会有夸大的倾向。 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.

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英 [ɪɡ'zædʒəreɪt] 美 [ɪɡ'zædʒəreɪt] (1) Don't exaggerate the parallelism between the two cases.(2) The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press.(3) He tends to exaggerate the difficulties.(4) We should neither exaggerate nor ignore the differences.(5) When they talk about something, they tend to exaggerate it.(6) During the interview, some interviewees tend to exaggerate. 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 a cute Band-Aid. 1[VERB 动词]夸大；夸张 If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.   [V]  [V n]He thinks I'm exaggerating...他觉得我在夸大其词。Don't exaggerate...别夸张。Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job.希拉承认自己有时候确实夸大了工作的难度。exaggerationLike many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration...正如很多有关他的故事一样，这个故事也有点夸大。It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent.称那种危险为紧急事件有点夸张。2[VERB 动词]突出；夸大 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.   [V n]These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness...这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.那件连衣裙凸显了她的蜂腰，也让她的胸部看起来更丰满。

英语单词	exaggerate
英美音标	英 [ɪɡ'zædʒəreɪt] 美 [ɪɡ'zædʒəreɪt]
中文释义	vt.夸张；夸大；对...言过其实 vi.夸张；夸大其词
英语例句	(1) Don't exaggerate the parallelism between the two cases. (2) The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press. (3) He tends to exaggerate the difficulties. (4) We should neither exaggerate nor ignore the differences. (5) When they talk about something, they tend to exaggerate it. (6) During the interview, some interviewees tend to exaggerate.
中文例句	(1) 不要夸大那两件事的相似性。 (2) 形势的严重性被报纸夸大了。 (3) 他往往夸大困难。 (4) 虽然我们不能夸大这些不同，但是我们也不能忽视它们的存在。 (5) 当他们谈论一件事情时，他们总喜欢夸大其词。 (6) 面试时,有些面试者会有夸大的倾向。
vocabulary简明	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 a cute Band-Aid.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]夸大；夸张 If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. [V] [V n] He thinks I'm exaggerating... 他觉得我在夸大其词。 Don't exaggerate... 别夸张。 Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job. 希拉承认自己有时候确实夸大了工作的难度。 exaggeration Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration... 正如很多有关他的故事一样，这个故事也有点夸大。 It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent. 称那种危险为紧急事件有点夸张。 2 [VERB 动词]突出；夸大 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. [V n] These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness... 这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。 The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom. 那件连衣裙凸显了她的蜂腰，也让她的胸部看起来更丰满。

Exaggerate Tend Seriousness Exaggerated Makes Stories Verb 动词