| 单词 | exaggerate |
| 释义 | exaggerate (ɪgzædʒəreɪt ) Word forms: exaggerates , exaggerating , exaggerated 1. verb If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. He thinks I'm exaggerating. [VERB] Don't exaggerate. [VERB] Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job. [VERB noun] exaggeration (ɪgzædʒəreɪʃən )Word forms: exaggerations variable noun Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration. It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent. Synonyms: overstatement, inflation, emphasis, excess 2. verb If something exaggerates a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is. These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness. [VERB noun] Collocations: exaggerate a symptom Don't ring up, exaggerate your symptoms and insist on a home visit to get our attention because we're fully booked on a busy day. Times, Sunday Times The authority said it also carefully scrutinises claims where claimants are considered to have exaggerated their symptoms. Times, Sunday Times The medical profession look at womenlike they are exaggerating their symptoms. The Sun It said his contract for the film had simply ended and that he was exaggerating his symptoms. Times, Sunday Times Various laboratory tests, physical examinations, and surgeries on these individuals show no evidence supporting the idea that these exaggerating symptoms are present. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, some experts say that security companies with a vested interest in selling their software exaggerate the threat of fraud to mobile bankers. Times, Sunday Times He said he had become concerned that, during the drafting of the summary, wording had been added that exaggerated the threat from climate change. Times, Sunday Times First, has science exaggerated the threat from climate change? Times, Sunday Times He said the commission had also exaggerated the threat from commercial picking. Times, Sunday Times Instead, to their eternal shame, they accused him of exaggerating the threat from a buffoon preaching hot air. The Sun Voters exaggerate the difference between a certain pair of candidates but do not rank any less-preferred candidate over any more-preferred one. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But it seems pointless to exaggerate the differences to the point of virtually excluding play between them. Times, Sunday Times Next, use your imagination to exaggerate the differences between the face you're looking at and the ones you know. Times, Sunday Times This feature allows physicians to use adenosine to test for blockages in the coronary arteries, by exaggerating the difference between the normal and abnormal segments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This can cause confusion and exaggerate their differences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But we must not exaggerate the effect of these victories. Times, Sunday Times Wind exaggerates the effect of cold by many degrees. Times, Sunday Times The authority said that the press and television adverts exaggerated the effect that the telescopic mascara had on natural lashes. Times, Sunday Times In 99 of these 107 incidents the player in question had indeed been fouled but either fell to the ground unnecessarily or clearly exaggerated the effects of the contact. Times, Sunday Times An independent panel said the forward had 'exaggerated the effect of normal contact to deceive the referee'. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps we exaggerate the extent of management expertise. Times, Sunday Times That same friend has also chosen to greatly exaggerate the extent of our friendship. Times, Sunday Times Let us not exaggerate the extent of their misfortune, however. Times, Sunday Times This may have served to exaggerate the extent that it actually occurred. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Newspapers exaggerated the extent of the panic to create a story. Times, Sunday Times His favourite party trick was running full-tilt into a lamp-post - though, he reveals, he would cheat a little by striking the metal with his ring to exaggerate the impact. Times, Sunday Times With only two days until the poll, market experts said that liquidity levels had dropped sharply, exaggerating the impact of any large trades. Times, Sunday Times They had spent years as junior ministers, becoming adept at handling vested interests and at judging how far they exaggerated the impact of policy changes. Times, Sunday Times Rather than providing an accurate representation of reality, the game's sound effects reflect an attempt to make the game more exciting by exaggerating the impact force of punches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's hard to exaggerate the importance of this revolt. Times, Sunday Times It would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of music in his life, and he says himself it was responsible for keeping him alive. Times, Sunday Times It would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of this case. Times, Sunday Times Lever warns against 'a tendency in neuroscience and neuroethics to exaggerate the importance of people's brains to who they are, and how they should be treated'. The Times Literary Supplement He has been accused of over-simplifying complex concepts and exaggerating the importance of the characters in his books. Times, Sunday Times Heavy braking and acceleration can exaggerate the problem too. Times, Sunday Times They exaggerate the problem many times over, as with climate change. The Sun Let's not exaggerate the problem. Times, Sunday Times Despite her rationalism, she often tends to exaggerate any problem she's facing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ministers complain that opponents are exaggerating the problems, and perhaps they are. Times, Sunday Times Moreover, tradition history may exaggerate the role of oral tradition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In later years, he appeared to exaggerate his role in early blues, possibly a reaction to his being nearly forgotten. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His notion that a stock exchange must exist before capitalism can be said to have arrived exaggerates the role of a single institution. The Times Literary Supplement However, he admitted exaggerating his role. Times, Sunday Times Her fellow actors are less respectful, accusing her of exaggerating her role on the school council. Times, Sunday Times This can mean that some studies exaggerate the significance of their findings. The Sun The tendency of politicians to exaggerate the significance of every trivial announcement can sometimes make real change hard to spot. Times, Sunday Times People who exaggerate the nature of a relationship also exaggerate the significance of breakdowns. Christianity Today He blamed the press for exaggerating the significance of the e-mails. Times, Sunday Times Artists knew that they had to exaggerate the size of a beast to help their patron to win breeding business. Times, Sunday Times To exaggerate the size of their force and strike fear in the defenders, they were ordered to make more dust than normal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I insert 'leafy' and find myself exaggerating the size of our postage-stamp garden. Times, Sunday Times And they collect millions of dollars by greatly exaggerating the size and danger of such groups, becoming a massive extortion racket. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The event was widely televised, and some of this footage was criticized for exaggerating the size of the crowd. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 夸大 Japanese: 大げさに言う |
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