| 单词 | exaggerate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ig'zædʒəreit] |
| 解释 | v.夸张；夸大 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 夸张(overstate)；夸大( overemphasize; intensify) 【考】 aphoristic : terse / hyperbolic : exaggerated(格言的特点是简短的 /夸张法的特点是夸张 的)playful : banter / exaggerated : hyperbole(玩笑的特点是诙谐的 /夸张法的特点是夸张 的)反义词：minimize(减 少) 【记】 ex(出)+ag(一再)+ger (带)+ate→一再带出 去→夸张 【例】 Mary exaggerated the size of the fish she caught. |
| 字源 | exaggerate (v.) 1530s, "to pile up, accumulate," from Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," literally "to heap, pile, load, fill," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + aggerare "heap up," from agger (genitive aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" (see ad-) + gerere "carry" (see gest). Sense of "overstate" first recorded in English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 夸张(描述得大于实际情况) = overstate = overemphasize = intensify; 使扩大到不正常的程度 【类】aphoristic: terse = hyperbolic: exaggerated格言的特点是简短的 = 夸张法的特点是夸张的playful: banter = exaggerated: hyperbole取笑是诙谐的 = 夸张法是夸张的malicious: ill will = exaggerating: hyperbole恶意是恶毒的 = 夸张法是夸张的 【反】minimize(v 最小化; 减少) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ex 超出 + aggregate 总计，合计，集合→超出总计→夸大；ex出 + eager 渴望，热切，出乎热切的渴望而夸张与夸大 |
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