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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。
把…改编成戏剧；编写剧本
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
把…改编成戏剧；编写剧本
put into dramatic form
The media dramatized the incident.
媒体渲染了那起事件。
改编文学作品,使其能在剧院、广播或电视中演出。
To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
以戏剧性或夸张的方式呈现某事。
To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
dramatize
Base
原形
dramatizes
3rd person
第三人称单数
dramatizing
-ing
现在分词
dramatized
Past
过去式
dramatized
Past participle
过去分词
The writer dramatizes the novel for the stage.
这位作家把小说改编成剧本。
They dramatized the true story in a TV series.
他们把真实故事改编成了电视剧。
She has dramatized her experiences in a new play.
她把自己的经历改编成了一部新话剧。
dramatize 既可指“改编成戏剧”，也可指“把事情戏剧化地表现”。
The playwright decided to dramatize the old legend for the stage.
剧作家决定把那个古老的传说改编成舞台剧。
The novel was dramatized for television last year.
这部小说去年被改编成了电视剧。
The teacher asked the class to dramatize the story's ending.
老师让全班同学把这个故事的结局改编成短剧。
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。
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。
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.
别小题大做了，告诉我真相。
Not this
She dramatized about the accident to keep the audience interested.
Use this
She dramatized the accident to keep the audience interested.
dramatize 是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不需要介词 about。说‘把事故戏剧化地表现出来’应写成 dramatize the accident，加 about 是受其他动词搭配影响产生的错误。
Not this
He dramatic his injury to get sympathy.
Use this
He dramatized his injury to get sympathy.
dramatic 是形容词，不能作谓语。要表示‘夸大、渲染’应该用动词 dramatize，过去式是 dramatized。
Not this
The game was very dramatized, and the crowd loved it.
Use this
The game was very dramatic, and the crowd loved it.
dramatized 是 dramatize 的过去分词，表示‘被改编成戏剧的’，不能与 very 连用表达‘富有戏剧性的’。表达事物本身激动人心、戏剧性十足时，应用形容词 dramatic。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
She tends to dramatize even the smallest setbacks, turning them into full-blown tragedies.
她倾向于把极小的挫折也戏剧化，把它们变成彻头彻尾的悲剧。
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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。
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。
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/.
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