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exaggerate

音標[ig'z?d??reit] 讀音

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vt. 誇大, 誇張
vi. 誇大, 誇張

詞型變化：

形容詞:exaggerative 名詞:exaggeration 副詞:exaggeratedly 動詞過去式:exaggerated 過去分詞:exaggerated 現在分詞:exaggerating 第三人稱單數:exaggerates 

英文解釋：

動詞 exaggerate:

  1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    同義詞：overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
  2. do something to an excessive degree
    同義詞：overdo

例句：

  1. Don't exaggerate the parallelism between the two cases.
    不要誇大那兩件事的相似性。
  2. He has an exaggerated idea of his own importance.
    他自視過高。
  3. The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press.
    形勢的嚴重性被報紙誇大了。

詳細解釋：


ex.ag.ger.ate

v.（動詞）
ex.ag.ger.at.ed,ex.ag.ger.at.ing,ex.ag.ger.ates
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate:
誇大，誇張：描述得大於實際情況；誇大敘述：
例句：
exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.
誇大了敵人的軍事力量；誇大了他本人在這一事件中的作用

To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree:
使擴大：擴大或增加到一不正常的程度：
例句：
thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.
誇大敘述，言過其實

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To make overstatements.
言過其實的敘述

來源：
Latin exagger3re exagger3t- [to heap up, magnify]
拉丁語 exagger3re exagger3t- [堆起，擴大]
ex- [intensive pref.] * see ex-
ex- [加強詞義的前綴] *參見 ex-
agger3re [to pile up] from agger [pile] from aggerere [to bring to] ad- [ad-] gerere [to bring]
agger3re [堆起] 源自 agger [堆積] 源自 aggerere [帶至] ad- [增加，添加] gerere [帶來]

【引伸】
exag.gerat.edly
adv.（副詞）
exag.gera.tion
n.（名詞）
exag.gera.tive 或
exag.gerato.ry
exag.gera.tor
n.（名詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>exaggerate,inflate,magnify,overstateThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to represent something as being larger or greater than it actually is.:
這些動詞所共有的中心意思是.把某事物描述得比實際的更大.：
例句：
exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught;
吹噓他所捕到的魚的大小；

例句：
inflated her own importance;
誇張她自己的重要性；

例句：
magnifying his part in their success;
過度強調他在他們成功中的作用；

例句：
overstated their income on the mortgage application. minimize
在抵押申請中誇大他們的收入 minimize


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