| 单词 | dramatize |
| 释义 | dramatize (once / 3073 pages) 1v 2v To dramatize something is to put it in dramatic form (like a TV show or movie) or make it seem more dramatic, using exaggeration. Anytime you see a movie or TV show about real events, the actors are dramatizing what really happened. If you slipped on the sidewalk and hurt your knee a little but later made it sound like the most tragic event in the history of humanity, you're guilty of dramatizing what happened. To dramatize in that way is to exaggerate and embellish — it's something that we all do occasionally. WORD FAMILYdramatize: dramatization, dramatized, dramatizes, dramatizing, overdramatize+/drama: dramas, dramatic, dramatise, dramatist, dramatize/dramatic: dramatically, undramatic/dramatisation: dramatisations/dramatise: dramatisation, dramatised, dramatises, dramatising, overdramatise/dramatist: dramatists/dramatization: dramatizations/overdramatize: overdramatized, overdramatizes, overdramatizing/undramatic: undramatically USAGE EXAMPLESExcept there’s no need to dramatize, nor any need to set the story in the past. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) The thriller “Patriots Day” dramatizes the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Barry is the second movie this year to dramatize some angle of the president’s life. Time(Dec 16, 2016) 1 1v put into dramatic form Syn|Hyper adopt, dramatise compose, indite, pen, write produce a literary work 2v represent something in a dramatic manner 2These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth Syn|Hypo|Hyper dramatise overdramatise, overdramatize present in an overly dramatic manner represent serve as a means of expressing something v add details to Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad glorify cause to seem more splendid amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
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