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exaggerate sth
直接宾语，表示夸大某事物。
He exaggerated the dangers of the trip.
他夸大了这次旅行的危险。
夸大；夸张
exaggerated — past of exaggerate
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夸大；夸张
to describe something as larger, better, worse, or more important than it really is; to overstate
He exaggerated the dangers of the trip.
他夸大了这次旅行的危险。
夸大,描述得超过事实
To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
exaggerate
Base
原形
exaggerates
3rd person
第三人称单数
exaggerating
-ing
现在分词
exaggerated
Past
过去式
exaggerated
Past participle
过去分词
He exaggerates his achievements.
他夸大自己的成就。
She exaggerated the story.
她夸大了故事。
They are exaggerating the problem.
他们正在夸大问题。
规则动词，过去式加-ed。
He always exaggerates his achievements to impress others.
他总是夸大自己的成就来给别人留下深刻印象。
Don't exaggerate the difficulty; it's actually quite simple.
不要夸大难度，其实很简单。
She was exaggerating when she said she had a million followers.
她说她有百万粉丝时是在夸大其词。
直接宾语，表示夸大某事物。
He exaggerated the dangers of the trip.
他夸大了这次旅行的危险。
about 引出夸大的内容。
She tends to exaggerate about her achievements.
她倾向于夸大自己的成就。
wh-从句作宾语，强调程度。
He exaggerated how difficult the exam was.
他夸大了这次考试有多难。
Not this
He told an exaggerate.
Use this
He told an exaggeration.
exaggerate 是动词，不能用作名词，应使用名词形式 exaggeration。
Not this
The story is exaggerate.
Use this
The story is exaggerated.
exaggerate 是动词原形，这里需要形容词形式 exaggerated 来描述故事被夸大。
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严重夸大，过度夸大
The media greatly exaggerated the impact of the storm.
媒体严重夸大了这场风暴的影响。
夸大事实，言过其实
He tends to exaggerate the truth when telling stories.
他讲故事时往往夸大事实。
夸大自己的成就
She exaggerated her achievements on her resume.
她在简历上夸大了自己的成就。
夸大重要性
Don't exaggerate the importance of this mistake.
不要夸大这个错误的重要性。
倾向于夸大
People tend to exaggerate when they are angry.
人们生气时往往会夸大其词。
为追求效果而夸大
He exaggerated for effect, but everyone knew the truth.
他为了效果而夸大，但大家都知道真相。
关于我死亡的报道被严重夸大了。
This famous quote is often attributed to Mark Twain. After a newspaper mistakenly printed his obituary, Twain reportedly said the news of his death was an exaggeration. It is now used in English to say bad news about someone is not as true or serious as it sounds.
这句名言常被归为马克·吐温所说。据传在一家报纸误登他的讣告后，吐温说自己的死讯纯属夸大。如今在英语中用来表示关于某人的坏消息并不像听上去那么真实或严重。
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记忆窍门：exaggerate 里有两个 g，像两只手越比划越大，把小事夸成大事。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、新闻评论、正式写作 exaggerate 是中性词，通常可用于日常口语和书面语，表示夸大事实或程度；在正式和非正式语境中都较常见。
generate、operate、moderate 作动词时，与 exaggerate 的结尾 -erate 都读 /əreɪt/，尾音一致，但重音位置不同，整词并不押韵。注意 separate、estimate 和 moderate 等以 -ate 结尾的词，作动词时读 /eɪt/，但 separate 作形容词或名词时读 /ˈsepərət/，estimate 作名词时读 /ˈestɪmət/，moderate 作形容词时读 /ˈmɑːdərət/。
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