Word · Frequency #24925
dramatize
把…改编成戏剧；编写剧本
put into dramatic form
- 1.
To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
改编文学作品,使其能在剧院、广播或电视中演出。
- 2.
To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
以戏剧性或夸张的方式呈现某事。
戏剧化地表现；渲染；改编文学作品,使其能在剧院、广播或电视中演出。；以戏剧性或夸张的方式呈现某事。；改编成戏剧；编写剧本
In use
The playwright decided to dramatize the old legend for the stage.
The novel was dramatized for television last year.
The teacher asked the class to dramatize the story's ending.
dramatize sth
及物用法，表示对事件、事实等加以渲染，使其显得比实际更戏剧化或严重。
The media dramatized the incident.
媒体渲染了那起事件。
be dramatized into sth
被动语态，后接 into 引出改编成的具体形式，如歌剧、电影等。
The legend was dramatized into an opera.
这个传说被改编成了歌剧。
dramatize
不及物用法，指行为举止夸张、小题大做，常带有劝告或批评语气。
Stop dramatizing and tell me the truth.
Connections
Collocations
- dramatize a novel
- 把小说改编成戏剧
- The teacher asked the class to dramatize a novel they had read.老师让全班同学把读过的一本小说改编成戏剧。
- dramatize a true story
- 把真实故事改编成影视作品
- The director decided to dramatize a true story about the rescue.导演决定把这次救援的真实故事改编成影视作品。
- dramatize the event
- 戏剧化地表现事件
- The documentary dramatizes the event with reenactments.这部纪录片通过再现表演戏剧化地表现了该事件。
- dramatize the situation
- 渲染情况；夸大形势
- Try not to dramatize the situation, we can handle it.尽量不要渲染这个情况，我们能处理。
Pop culture & quotes
- Dramatize, dramatize, dramatize!
- 美国作家亨利·詹姆斯在创作笔记中反复告诫自己的一句话，意即把故事写得富有戏剧性、生动地呈现生活，而不是平铺直叙。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
dramatize = drama（戏剧）+ -ize（动词后缀），把故事变成戏剧，也指把小事渲染得很夸张。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：影视/戏剧改编讨论、日常对话（责备对方夸大其词） 作及物动词时（把…改编成戏剧/影视）多用于较正式的中性语体，常见于文学、影视评论；作不及物动词时（渲染、夸大）多用于日常口语，略带负面语气。整体语体视用法而定，故标记为混合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The -ize words (realize, organize, recognize, criticize) share the final /aɪz/ sound with dramatize, but they are not full rhymes because their stressed syllables differ. Dramatist and dramatic look similar but sound different: dramatist ends /ɪst/, and dramatic is /drəˈmætɪk/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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