exaggerate
v 夸张
释义2:
exaggerate
/ iɡ5zAdVEreit /
◙ verb1. [with obj.] represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is• 夸大;夸张 »both she and her daughter were apt to exaggerate any aches and pains. 无论大痛小痛,她和她女儿都喜欢夸大其词。 »[no obj.] I couldn't sleep for three days—I'm not exaggerating. 我已有三天无法入睡了——我没有夸张。 [as adj. exaggerated] enlarged or altered beyond normal or due proportions• 使大得异乎寻常 »exaggerated features such as a massive head and beetling brows. 夸张的面部特征,如特大的头和悬垂的眉毛。【派生】
♦ exaggeratedly adverb♦ exaggeration noun♦ exaggerative adjective♦ exaggerator noun【语源】
1. mid 16th cent.: from Latin exaggerat- 'heaped up', from the verb exaggerare, from ex- 'thoroughly' + aggerare 'heap up' (from agger 'heap'). The word originally meant 'pile up, accumulate' , later 'intensify praise or blame', 'dwell on a virtue or fault', giving rise to current senses
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