exaggeration
英 [ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃn]
美 [ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃn]
n. 夸张; 夸大; 言过其实
BNC.9504 / COCA.10878
牛津词典
noun
- 夸张;夸大;言过其实
a statement or description that makes sth seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is; the act of making a statement like this- a slight/gross/wild exaggeration
有点 / 明显的 / 胡乱的夸张 - It would be an exaggeration to say I knew her well─I only met her twice.
说我非常了解她不免言过其实——我只见过她两次。 - It's no exaggeration to say that most students have never read a complete Shakespeare play.
说大多数同学从未完整读过一部莎士比亚戏剧一点也不夸张。 - He told his story simply and without exaggeration.
他简单扼要、毫不夸张地讲述了自己的故事。
- a slight/gross/wild exaggeration
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.- He thinks I'm exaggerating...
他觉得我在夸大其词。 - Don't exaggerate...
别夸张。 - 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。
- He thinks I'm exaggerating...
- 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.- These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness...
这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。 - 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。
- These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness...
英英释义
noun
- the act of making something more noticeable than usual
- the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness
- making to seem more important than it really is
- extravagant exaggeration
双语例句
- It's no exaggeration to say it's priceless.
说这座塔价值连城啊那是一点儿都不过分。 - I swear it is no exaggeration that tobacco had completely wiped out my sense of taste.
我发誓,毫不夸张地说,香烟曾经使我的味觉完全消失了。 - This is no exaggeration to say he's the most generous person I have ever met.
毫不夸张地说他是我遇到的最慷慨的人。 - It's not an exaggeration to say that her work has saved lives.
说她的工作挽救了人们的生命并非夸张。 - But it would be a massive over exaggeration.
但这将太过夸张。 - But to say that it is impossible is an exaggeration.
但是,说“不可能”就有点太夸张了。 - Form the angle of rhetoric, the methods mainly have metaphor, exaggeration and so on.
从修辞角度看,成语中数词的修辞方式主要有比喻、夸张、惜代、反复等类型。 - It was an exaggeration, but a pardonable one.
这是夸大其词,但可以原谅。 - It is not an exaggeration to say that Dao covers every aspect of the universe and life.
可以说,道涵盖了宇宙,涵盖了人生,涵盖了我们生活的方方面面。 - An exaggeration be a truth that have lose its temper.
夸张,是失却了抑制的事实。