Exaggerate
[ ɪɡ'zædʒəret ]
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vt.&vi. （使）扩大;（使）增加;夸张;
💡 词根助记
ex使…，加强意义+agger堆积+ate动词后缀→夸大
📝 例句
Most leaders'vanity causes them to exaggerate their own significance.
绝大多数领导人出于虚荣心往往喜欢夸大他们自己的重要地位。
He exaggerated the importance of the event.
他夸大了这事件的重要性。
Take his words with a grain of salt. He always exaggerates.
对他的话要打折扣听。他总爱夸张。
That's the trouble with women?hey always exaggerate so.
女人就是这个毛病，老是大惊小怪。
Commanders tend to exaggerate their success with a higher body count.
作战指挥官常常虚报敌方死亡人数来夸大战果。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“一哥在这睿他”:大哥(一哥)在说他聪明,太夸张了
※ ex-拼音“恶心”,a-一,gg-拼音“哥哥”,e-两只鹅,rat-老鼠:恶心的哥哥将两只鹅和一只老鼠夸张地吃掉了
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-gest-表示“携带”
常见变体有-ger-
📖 牛津释义
exaggerate
v[I, Tn]
make (sth) seem larger, better, worse, etc than it really is; stretch (a description) beyond the truth 夸张; 夸大; 言过其实
He always exaggerates to make his stories more amusing. 他总爱添枝加叶, 把故事讲得更有趣.
You are exaggerating the difficulties. 你把困难夸大了.
That dress exaggerates her height. 她穿那件连衣裙显得高了.
🎯 考研助记
ex（出）+agg（egg)+e+rate):下蛋的速度被 夸大了 网友：yqy补充： ex（出）+agg（egg)：从鸡蛋里出来的鸡怎么比鸡蛋大？夸大了吧？
🔁 扩展释义
*[ig'zædʒәreit]vt. 夸大, 夸张vi. 夸大, 夸张
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It's not like her to have missed two days of classes.
缺课两天不太象她的作风。
Some stories are for swallowing. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a long train journey. If it is a good book, you might say, It's so good I can't put it dow
“这本书太好了，我舍不得把它放下。”但是并非所有的故事书都属于这一类。书评家们有时把一些书说成是“难以释手”的书，或者是“难以再读”的书。
Some live in large groups like the honey bee, and make their nests in trees or holes in the rocks.
有些蜂如蜜蜂是群居在一起，在树上或岩洞里筑巢。