查词历史：
- exaggerate
vt.&vi.
- 复数： exaggerates
- 过去式： exaggerated
- 过去分词： exaggerated
- 现在分词： exaggerating
- 第三人称单数： exaggerates
1.
VERB
夸大;夸张 If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.
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He thinks I'm exaggerating...
他觉得我在夸大其词。
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Don't exaggerate...
别夸张。
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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
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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。
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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
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.
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These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness...
这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。
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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。
- Verb
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1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
- "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
- synonym： overstate，overdraw，hyperbolize，hyerbolise，magnify，amplify
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2. do something to an excessive degree;
- "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"
- synonym： overdo
- 1. If you exaggerate, people will no longer believe you.
- 如果你说话虚夸，人们便不会相信你了。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. This chap likes to exaggerate and is good at nothing but boasting.
- 这个人言过其实，就会吹牛皮放大炮。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. We can't exaggerate his scientific attainment.
- 我们无法估量他在科学上的造诣。
来自《简明英汉词典》
