单词 | exaggerate |
释义 | exaggerate[ig'zædʒəreit]vt. 夸大, 夸张vi. 夸大, 夸张 exaggerate ex.ag.ger.ate AHD: [¹g-z²j“…-r³t”] D.J. [!g6z#d9*7re!t]K.K. [!g6z#d9*7ret]v.(动词) ex.ag.ger.at.ed,ex.ag.ger.at.ing,ex.ag.ger.ates v.tr.(及物动词)1. To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate:夸大,夸张:描述得大于实际情况;夸大叙述:exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.夸大了敌人的军事力量;夸大了他本人在这一事件中的作用2. To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree:使扩大:扩大或增加到一不正常的程度:thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.夸大叙述,言过其实v.intr.(不及物动词)To make overstatements.言过其实的叙述语源:1. Latin exagger³re exagger³t- [to heap up, magnify] 拉丁语 exagger³re exagger³t- [堆起,扩大] 2. ex- [intensive pref.] * see ex- ex- [加强词义的前缀] *参见 ex-3. agger³re [to pile up] from agger [pile] from aggerere [to bring to] ad- [ad-] gerere [to bring] agger³re [堆起] 源自 agger [堆积] 源自 aggerere [带至] ad- [增加,添加] gerere [带来] 继承用法:exag“gerat”edly adv.(副词)exag”gera“tion n.(名词)exag“gera”tive 或 exag“gerato”ry AHD: [-…-tôr”¶, -t½r”¶] (形容词)exag“gera”tor n.(名词)参考词汇:1. exaggerate,inflate,magnify,overstate2. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to represent something as being larger or greater than it actually is”: 这些动词所共有的中心意思是“把某事物描述得比实际的更大”: overstated their income on the mortgage application. &b{minimize} 在抵押申请中夸大他们的收入 minimize |
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