1. 夸大;夸張 If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.
e.g. He thinks I'm exaggerating... 他覺(jué)得我在夸大其詞。 e.g. Don't exaggerate... 別夸張。
exaggeration Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration... 正如很多有關(guān)他的故事一樣,這個(gè)故事也有點(diǎn)夸大。 It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent. 稱(chēng)那種危險為緊急事件有點(diǎn)夸張。
2. 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.
e.g. These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness... 這些數字夸大了競爭力的喪失。 e.g. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom. 那件連衣裙凸顯了她的蜂腰,也讓她的胸部看起來(lái)更豐滿(mǎn)。
exaggerate英英釋義
verb
1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
e.g. tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery