exaggerating

英 [ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪŋ]

美 [ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪŋ]

v.  夸张; 夸大; 言过其实
exaggerate的现在分词

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'm exaggerating but I do so to make a point.
  这是夸张的讲法，但我这么说有其用意。
• In my own defense, I thought he was exaggerating.
  就我的辩解，我以为他是太夸张了。
• You see, now you're exaggerating a little.
  你看，你可能有些夸张了。
• The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating.
  这家旅馆真脏，我一点都不夸张。
• He thinks I'm exaggerating
  他觉得我在夸大其词。
• I am not exaggerating when I say that Midnight's Children made me feel Indian for the first time.
  《午夜的孩子》这部小说第一次让我真正地感觉到自己是一个印度人，我这样说是一点也不夸张。
• Perhaps I'm exaggerating a bit, but that's essentially how it felt to me.
  或许我有点夸大其词了，但这确确实实是我的感受。
• No doubt the newspaper was exaggerating.
  毫无疑问是报纸夸大其词了。
• Honesty is simplest and best, instead of exaggerating job titles or elaborating falsely on career downturns.
  诚实是最简单和最好的，代替你夸大职位或错误地阐述事业衰退时期。
• All right, keep exaggerating. I am rolling you into the mud.
  好了，别那么夸张，小心我暗算你哦。