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

• I think this argument exaggerates what a non-elected council president can do in the absence of a joint foreign policy.
  我认为，在缺乏共同外交政策的情况下，这一说法夸大了非选举产生的理事会主席的能力。
• 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。
• Everyone exaggerates the amount they earn and we all tell the odd fib about our jobs.
  每个人都会夸大自己的吸金能力，也多多少少会撒几个关于自己工作的小谎。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• People will not believe a man who always exaggerates.
  人们不会相信老是夸大其词的人。
• 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。
• You be carry this too far. He exaggerates, but he does not lie.
  对这件事你做得太过分了！（你言过其实！）他有点言过其实，但并不瞎编。
• 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。