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

• The mass media then exaggerates the problem. It depicts the chosen folk devils as a grave, new, organised threat to the social order.
  接着，大众媒体夸大问题，将其选定的民间恶魔描述为对社会秩序构成严重、新生、有组织的威胁。
• Her hairstyle exaggerates the roundness of her face.
  她的发型使得她的脸显得更圆了。
• 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。
• People will not believe a man who always exaggerates.
  人们不会相信老是夸大其词的人。
• He always exaggerates when he tells about things he has done.
  他讲自己所做的事时，总是夸大。
• 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。
• Ballet exaggerates ordinary body movements.
  芭蕾舞有意突出一般的身体动作。
• 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。
• 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。
• He exaggerates for effect.
  为了吸引眼球，他有些夸大其辞。