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

• He exaggerates the superficiality of their current affairs programmes.
  他夸大其词地说他们的时事节目过于肤浅。
• Eg. he always exaggerates to make his stories more amusing.
  他总爱添枝加叶，把故事讲得更有趣。
• Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
  趁别人小题大做之前赶快承认错误。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In any case Mr Osborne vastly exaggerates the effect of the UK budget deficit on long term rates.
  无论如何，奥斯本过分夸大了英国预算赤字对长期利率的影响。
• That dress exaggerates her height.
  她穿那件连衣裙显得高了。
• He exaggerates for effect.
  为了吸引眼球，他有些夸大其辞。
• He always exaggerates when he tells about things he has done.
  他讲自己所做的事时，总是夸大。