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

• Some might respond that such a critique exaggerates the hardness of hard science and the softness of economics.
  一些人可能回应称，此类评判夸大了硬科学的硬度和经济学的软性。
• He exaggerates for effect.
  为了吸引眼球，他有些夸大其辞。
• Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
  趁别人小题大做之前赶快承认错误。
• 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。
• Impossible is the western culture of simple supplement retouching, should not narrowly defined as exaggerates the banner of nationalism.
  不可能是西方文化的简单补充润饰，不应该狭窄地定义为宣扬民族主义的旗号。
• 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。
• But the bilateral prism through which Washington sees the issue gives a distorted picture of the reasons for the renminbi's strengthening, say analysts, and also exaggerates the real changes in the currency's value.
  但分析人士称，华盛顿以双边角度看待这一问题，不仅使人民币不断升值的原因有所扭曲，并且夸大了人民币币值的真正变化。
• Therefore, it exaggerates to affirm or negate that all paintings can reflect spirit of times.
  因此，肯定或否定一切绘画都能表现时代精神，都是言之过甚。
• People will not believe a man who exaggerates.
  人们不会相信言词过甚的人。