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单词 magnify
释义
magnifymag‧ni‧fy /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle magnified, present participle magnifying, third person singular magnifies) [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmagnify
Origin:
1300-1400 French magnifier, from Latin magnificus; MAGNIFICENT
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
magnify
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theymagnify
he, she, itmagnifies
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theymagnified
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave magnified
he, she, ithas magnified
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad magnified
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill magnify
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have magnified
Continuous Form
PresentIam magnifying
he, she, itis magnifying
you, we, theyare magnifying
PastI, he, she, itwas magnifying
you, we, theywere magnifying
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been magnifying
he, she, ithas been magnifying
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been magnifying
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be magnifying
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been magnifying
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Binoculars magnify far-off objects.
  • Her eyes were magnified by her thick glasses.
  • Our lack of information magnified our mistakes.
  • The image is magnified by a series of lenses within the telescope.
  • This microscope can magnify an object up to forty times.
  • This report tends to magnify the risks involved.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But they were obvious to most people, even though they were magnified by those who didn't know him well.
  • In doing so, he has magnified his reputation and career a thousandfold.
  • On bad teams those inevitable difficulties tend to get magnified.
  • Techshare gains were magnified by portfolio borrowings that last summer equaled about 15 cents for each dollar invested.
  • Toy problems may converge in a reasonable amount of time; real problems may magnify the task beyond reasonable limits.
  • Yet the former were magnified a hundredfold in terms of publicity.
  • Your watchful siblings are the editors perched on your lamp shade, magnifying glasses poised to catch your mistakes.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto make something bigger
to make something bigger - use this especially about increasing numbers or amounts, or about increasing the size of a company or organization: · She intends to expand the company's operations in the US.· The university is planning to expand the number of students to over 20,000.
to make a company or economy bigger and increase the amount of business that it does - used especially in business English: · All this is necessary if we are to grow the business.
to pull cloth, plastic, leather, etc so that it gets bigger and changes its shape: · Stretch the canvas so that it covers the whole frame.
to make something bigger, for example a photograph or an image on a computer. Enlarge is more formal than blow up .: · That's a nice photo, why don't you get it enlarged?· If the opening is too small, you can always enlarge it later.· The new photocopier will enlarge documents by up to 100%.blow something up: · You should blow that picture up and frame it.blow up something: · This section of the print has been blown up so that the enemy's tanks can be clearly seen.
to make an image or detail bigger, especially by using a microscope: · This microscope can magnify an object up to forty times.· The image is magnified by a series of lenses within the telescope.
British to make a building bigger by adding more rooms or more space: · The hotel has been recently renovated and extended.· We're thinking of extending the kitchen.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Everything Suzanna had made me feel was alive again, magnified a hundred times.
1to make something seem bigger or louder, especially using special equipment:  At the Sheffield arena, the speakers were magnified ten times on a giant screen. A public address system magnifies all the little noises and coughs.2to make something seem more important than it really is SYN  exaggerate:  The report tends to magnify the risks involved.3formal to make something much worse or more serious:  The results of economic mismanagement were magnified by a series of natural disasters.
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