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

• 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。
• A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, and enemy his crimes.
  朋友褒扬你的美德，敌人夸大你的过错。
• 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。
• 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。
• Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
  趁别人小题大做之前赶快承认错误。
• Ballet exaggerates ordinary body movements.
  芭蕾舞有意突出一般的身体动作。
• Many Japanese have long asserted that China over-simplifies and exaggerates the level of Japanese wartime brutality, while China sees such criticism as an attempt to whitewash war crimes.
  长期以来，许多日本人宣称，中国过分简化并夸大了日本在战时的野蛮行为，而中国将这种批评视为企图掩饰战争罪行。
• 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。
• 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。
• He always exaggerates when he tells about things he has done.
  他讲自己所做的事时，总是夸大。