vt.夸张;夸大;对...言过其实
vi.夸张;夸大其词
Don't exaggerate the parallelism between the two cases. 不要夸大那两件事的相似性。
The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press. 形势的严重性被报纸夸大了。
We should neither exaggerate nor ignore the differences. 虽然我们不能夸大这些不同,但是我们也不能忽视它们的存在。
When they talk about something, they tend to exaggerate it. 当他们谈论一件事情时,他们总喜欢夸大其词。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)If you exaggerate, you will sound fantastically American. 如果你发音夸张听起来会特别有美国味。
During the interview, some interviewees tend to exaggerate. 面试时,有些面试者会有夸大的倾向。
exaggerate的基本意思是“超越事实”,可指“(使…)显得大”,也指“扩大”,尤指“过分夸大”。
exaggerate既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。作“(使…)显得大”“扩大”解时,常接具体名词; 作“夸大,夸张”解时,常接抽象名词。
exaggerate与cannot连用意为“再夸大也不过分”。
exaggerate可用于被动结构。