Word · Frequency #19099
hyperbole
夸张法
extravagant exaggeration
- 1.
An instance or example of such overstatement.
夸张陈述的实例。
- 2.
extravagant exaggeration
夸张的言辞
夸张陈述的实例。；夸张的言辞
In use
When he said he had a ton of homework, he was using hyperbole.
Her complaint that the suitcase weighed a thousand pounds was pure hyperbole.
The advertisement's hyperbole made the new phone sound amazing, but it was just a regular model.
hyperbole about sth
hyperbole 常与 about 连用，引出夸张描述的具体对象。
The report is full of hyperbole about the company's growth.
这份报告充满了对该公司增长的夸张说法。
use hyperbole to do sth
use hyperbole 表示“运用夸张”；to do sth 说明目的。
The writer uses hyperbole to make the story more amusing.
作者使用夸张手法让故事更有趣。
a bit of hyperbole
a bit of hyperbole 意为“有点夸张”，常用来语气委婉地表示“有点过火”。
It may be a bit of hyperbole to call it a masterpiece.
称它为杰作可能有点夸张。
Common mistakes
That advertisement was so hyperbole that nobody believed it.That advertisement was so hyperbolic that nobody believed it.
hyperbole 是名词，表示“夸张法”；修饰形容词或表语应使用其形容词形式 hyperbolic（夸张的）。本句需要形容词作表语，因此要用 hyperbolic。
My teacher showed a huge hyperbole on the blackboard in math class.My teacher showed a huge hyperbola on the blackboard in math class.
hyperbole 意为“夸张法”，而数学中的“双曲线”是 hyperbola。这两个词拼写相近但含义不同；根据句中的 math class 可知应使用 hyperbola。
Connections
Collocations
- pure hyperbole
- 纯粹的夸张
- Calling it a disaster is pure hyperbole.说这是一场灾难纯粹是夸张。
- rhetorical hyperbole
- 修辞性夸张
- The speech was full of rhetorical hyperbole.这篇演讲充满了修辞性夸张。
- a bit of hyperbole
- 一点夸张
- There's a bit of hyperbole in his description.他的描述中有一点夸张。
- wild hyperbole
- 夸张得离谱
- The headline is wild hyperbole.这个标题夸张得离谱。
- hyperbole aside
- 撇开夸张不说
- Hyperbole aside, the policy really has changed.撇开夸张不说，这项政策确实变了。
- accuse of hyperbole
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记：hyper 发音像 high（高），把话说得比天高，就是夸张法。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学批评、修辞学讨论、日常口语 该词在正式写作和文学分析中比较常见，日常口语中较少直接使用，多出现在讨论夸张表达时。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these rhymes exactly with hyperbole (/haɪˈpɝbəˌli/). Bole, pole, and whole rhyme with one another (/oʊl/), but hyperbole's final -bole is /bəli/, so they are spelling lookalikes. Hyperbola is a close spelling relative but ends in /lə/, not /li/. Broccoli and probably are near-sound matches only toward the end.
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.