exaggerates

英 [ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪts]

美 [ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪts]

v.  夸张; 夸大; 言过其实
exaggerate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 夸大;夸张
  If youexaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.
  1. He thinks I'm exaggerating...
     他觉得我在夸大其词。
  2. Don't exaggerate...
     别夸张。
  3. Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job.
     希拉承认自己有时候确实夸大了工作的难度。
• VERB 突出;夸大
  If somethingexaggeratesa situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is.
  1. These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness...
     这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。
  2. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.
     那件连衣裙凸显了她的蜂腰，也让她的胸部看起来更丰满。

双语例句

• The mass media then exaggerates the problem. It depicts the chosen folk devils as a grave, new, organised threat to the social order.
  接着，大众媒体夸大问题，将其选定的民间恶魔描述为对社会秩序构成严重、新生、有组织的威胁。
• He always exaggerates when he tells about things he has done.
  他讲自己所做的事时，总是夸大。
• He exaggerates for effect.
  为了吸引眼球，他有些夸大其辞。
• Impossible is the western culture of simple supplement retouching, should not narrowly defined as exaggerates the banner of nationalism.
  不可能是西方文化的简单补充润饰，不应该狭窄地定义为宣扬民族主义的旗号。
• Hunter said Betty always exaggerates his weaknesses, the statement might start a quarrel between them.
  亨特说贝蒂老是夸大他的缺点，这话很可能会引起一场争吵。
• Since a high proportion of UK-based multinationals are owned by foreign portfolio investors, this exaggerates the UK's net investment income.
  由于很大一部分总部位于英国的跨国企业都是由外国组合投资者拥有的，所以这夸大了英国的净投资收入。
• Some might respond that such a critique exaggerates the hardness of hard science and the softness of economics.
  一些人可能回应称，此类评判夸大了硬科学的硬度和经济学的软性。
• To a certain extent, this value judgment exaggerates the role of charters and the opposition between commerce and feudalism.
  这种价值判断在一定程度上夸大了特许状的作用，也夸大了商业和封建制度的对立性。
• The artist purposefully exaggerates the student's body to emphasize his prodigality, while dwarfing his parents to indicate their hardship.
  作画者故意夸张了学生的身体小从而强调了他的铺张生活，同时缩小了他父母的身体小来体现他们的辛苦。
• Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
  趁别人小题大做之前赶快承认错误。