exaggerate
verb /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/
/ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they exaggerate | /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/ /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it exaggerates | /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪts/ /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪts/ |
| past simple exaggerated | /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/ /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle exaggerated | /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/ /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form exaggerating | /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to make something seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is
夸张；夸大；言过其实 - The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating.
我不是夸张，这旅店真的很脏。 - exaggerate something He tends to exaggerate the difficulties.
他往往夸大困难。 - I'm sure he exaggerates his Irish accent (= tries to sound more Irish than he really is).
我肯定他故意把爱尔兰口音说得很重。 - Demand for the product has been greatly exaggerated.
对这项产品的需求给过分夸大了。
- The allegations were highly exaggerated.
这些断言大为言过其实。 - The historical significance of these events can be easily exaggerated.
这些事件的历史意义很容易被夸大。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- grossly
- vastly
- …
- tend to
- be easy to
- be difficult to
- …
- highly exaggerated
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin exaggerat- ‘heaped up’, from the verb exaggerare, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + aggerare ‘heap up’ (from agger ‘heap’). The 词源ally meant ‘pile up, accumulate’, later ‘increase praise or blame’, giving rise to current senses. - The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating.