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Magnify Make   [V N Things Verb 动词 Means

英语单词 magnify
英美音标 英 ['mæɡnɪfaɪ] 美 ['mæɡnɪfaɪ]
中文释义 v.放大;夸大
英语例句 (1) Magnify the magnitude of the magnetism.
(2) He is inclined to magnify difficulties.
(3) These groups and individuals magnify hate crimes by blacks in order to back their social agenda.
中文例句 (1) 放大磁性的大小。
(2) 他老是爱夸大困难。
(3) 这些团体和个人为了给自己提出的社会议题造舆论而极力夸大黑人的攻击性犯罪。
vocabulary简明 To magnify is to make something bigger, whether in size or in significance.
vocabulary扩展 A magnifying glass makes things look bigger and when anything is magnified, it gets larger in some way. If your hunger is magnified, you've gotten hungrier. Wearing a heavy coat on a hot day will magnify the heat: you're feeling hotter and hotter. Also, non-physical things get magnified. The press could magnify a story by discussing it over and over, making it a bigger story than it was originally. All types of magnifying make things bigger.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]放大;扩大 To magnify an object means to make it appear larger than it really is, by means of a special lens or mirror.
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  [V-ing]
  • This version of the Digges telescope magnifies images 11 times...

    这种型号的迪格斯望远镜可将图像放大11倍。

  • A lens would magnify the picture so it would be like looking at a large TV screen.

    透镜会把图片放大,就像在看巨大的电视屏幕一样。

  • ...magnifying lenses.

    放大镜

2
[VERB 动词]加强;加大;加剧 To magnify something means to increase its effect, size, loudness, or intensity.
  [V n]
  • Poverty and human folly magnify natural disasters...

    贫困和人类的愚昧加剧了自然灾难。

  • Their noises were magnified in the still, wet air.

    他们的喧闹声在凝滞而潮湿的空气中显得更吵了。

  • ...using bank loans to magnify his buying power.

    利用银行贷款加强他的购买力

3
[VERB 动词]夸大;夸张 If you magnify something, you make it seem more important or serious than it really is.
  [V n]
  • They do not grasp the broad situation and spend their time magnifying ridiculous details...

    他们不去把握大局,而是在细枝末节上花费时间大做文章。

  • Any signs of discontent tend to be magnified and overanalyzed.

    稍有不满便会被上纲上线。

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