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ex·ag·ger·ate AHD[ĭg-zăjʹə-rāt'] D.J.[ɪgˈzædʒəˌreɪt]K.K.[ɪgˈzædʒəˌret]v.（动词）ex.ag.ger.at.ed, ex.ag.ger.at.ing, ex.ag.ger.ates v.tr.（及物动词）- To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate:夸大，夸张：描述得大于实际情况；夸大叙述：exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.夸大了敌人的军事力量；夸大了他本人在这一事件中的作用
- To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree:使扩大：扩大或增加到一不正常的程度：thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.夸大叙述，言过其实
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To make overstatements.言过其实的叙述
- Latin exaggerāre exaggerāt- [to heap up, magnify] 拉丁语 exaggerāre exaggerāt- [堆起，扩大]
- ex- [intensive pref.] * see ex- ex- [加强词义的前缀] * 参见 ex-
- aggerāre [to pile up] from agger [pile] from aggerere [to bring to] ad- [ad-] gerere [to bring] aggerāre [堆起] 源自 agger [堆积] 源自 aggerere [带至] ad- [增加，添加] gerere [带来]
exagʹgerat'edly adv.（副词）exag'geraʹtion n.（名词）exagʹgera'tive 或 exagʹgerato'ry AHD[-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē] （形容词）exagʹgera'tor n.（名词）exaggerate, inflate, magnify, overstate- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to represent something as being larger or greater than it actually is": 这些动词所共有的中心意思是“把某事物描述得比实际的更大”： exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught;吹嘘他所捕到的鱼的大小；inflated her own importance;夸张她自己的重要性；magnifying his part in their success;过度强调他在他们成功中的作用；overstated their income on the mortgage application. minimize 在抵押申请中夸大他们的收入 minimize
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