一、詳細(xì)釋義：

v.

使擴(kuò)大；使增加 [T]

例句：

He was fatally driven to exaggerate his discontentment.

這使他的不快無(wú)限膨脹。

例句：

Those shoes exaggerate the size of his feet.

那雙鞋使他的雙腳顯得過(guò)大。

夸大，夸張 [I,T]

例句：

If you exaggerate, people will no longer believe you.

如果你說(shuō)話虛夸，人們便不會(huì)相信你了。

例句：

Bob has a tendency to exaggerate things.

鮑勃有愛(ài)夸張的傾向。

二、詞義辨析：

exaggerate,magnify

這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞均有“夸大，夸張”之意。 exaggerate指有意或無(wú)意地夸張或夸大，含強(qiáng)烈“過(guò)火”意味。 magnify本義為“放大或擴(kuò)大”，引申用與exaggerate含義類似，但不如exaggerate常用。

三、參考例句：

It is impossible to exaggerate its importance.

無(wú)論怎樣強(qiáng)調(diào)它的重要性也不過(guò)分。

You think I exaggerate about the dependence?

你會(huì)以為我說(shuō)依賴是過(guò)于夸張？

Critics exaggerate the extent of the problem.

批評(píng)者夸大了問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重性。

Bob has a tendency to exaggerate things.

鮑勃有愛(ài)夸張的傾向。

These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness.

這些數(shù)字夸大了競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的下降。

Bob has a tendency to?exaggerate?things.

鮑勃有愛(ài)夸張的傾向。

Those shoes exaggerate the size of his feet.

那雙鞋使他的雙腳顯得過(guò)大。

If you always exaggerate, people will no longer believe you.

如果你老是言過(guò)其實(shí)，人們就不會(huì)相信你了。

But critics exaggerate the extent of the problem.

但批評(píng)者夸大了問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重性。

He was fatally driven to exaggerate his discontentment.

這使他的不快無(wú)限膨脹。