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exaggeration

[英] [ɪ gˌzæd ʒəˈreɪʃən] [美] [ɪɡˌzæd ʒəˈreʃən] 生词本

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1. VERB 夸大;夸张 If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. 
  • 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 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. 
  • 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。

Noun

1. extravagant exaggeration

2. the act of making something more noticeable than usual;

  • "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"

3. making to seem more important than it really is

1. Basing himself on the realities of his life,the painter successfully integrated realism and artistic exaggeration.
画家根据自己的现实生活,成功地把现实主义和艺术夸张结合起来。

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2. Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?
那是不是有点夸大?

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3. It is no exaggeration to say that having a baby changes your life.
有了小孩会改变人的一生,这样说并不夸张。

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4. It would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that I'm desperate to leave.
说我渴望离开是有点夸张。

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5. John is rather given to exaggeration.
约翰很喜欢夸张。

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6. Without exaggeration I can say that I hardly slept a wink.
可以毫不夸大地说,我几乎没有合过眼。

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