Word · Frequency #11203
magnify
放大（用透镜等）
To make something look bigger when viewed through a lens, microscope, telescope, etc.
- 1.
To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
赞美；颂扬(尤指上帝)。
- 2.
To make (something) larger or more important.
使更大；使更重要。
- 3.
To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.
夸大；加剧；夸张。
- 4.
To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.
用透镜、放大镜、望远镜等放大。
扩大；增强；夸大；夸张；赞美；颂扬；赞美；颂扬(尤指上帝)。；使更大；使更重要。
In use
The scientist used a microscope to magnify the tiny bacteria.
He tends to magnify his achievements during interviews.
The media often magnifies the impact of natural disasters.
magnify sth
也可用于比喻义，如夸大问题。
A telescope magnifies distant objects.
望远镜放大远处的物体。
magnify sth by sth
The image is magnified by 100 times.
图像被放大了100倍。
magnify (intransitive)
不及物用法，指放大能力。
This lens cannot magnify sharply.
这个镜头无法清晰放大。
Connections
Collocations
- magnify the image
- 放大图像
- You can magnify the image on the screen to see the details.你可以放大屏幕上的图像以查看细节。
- magnify a problem
- 夸大问题
- Don't magnify the problem; it's easier than you think.别夸大问题，它比你想象的要容易。
- magnify the risk
- 加剧风险
- Poor planning magnified the risks of the project.计划不周加剧了项目的风险。
- magnify under a microscope
- 在显微镜下放大
- The biologist magnified the cell under a microscope.生物学家在显微镜下放大了细胞。
- magnifying glass
- 放大镜
- He used a magnifying glass to read the tiny print.他用放大镜阅读微小的印刷字。
- magnify the importance
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 magnify 和 magnificent（宏大的）放在一起记：两个词开头都是 magn，都带‘大’的意思。看到 magnify 就想到放大镜——放大、夸大。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：optical instruments and microscopy、technical/scientific descriptions、formal figurative or written use 该词语体依用法而变：表示用透镜等使物体看起来更大时通常为中性，多用于光学、显微或图像处理等技术语境；表示夸大或增强时比较常见于正式书面表达和比喻性写法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Magnify ends with the syllable /faɪ/, spelled '-ify'. All six words above share this ending and spelling, but they are not perfect rhymes with magnify because the primary stress is on the first syllable and the stressed vowels differ. Pay attention to the final /faɪ/ and the '-ify' spelling. Lookalikes such as 'magnificent' /mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt/ and 'magnitude' /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/ begin with 'magni-' but sound different, so do not model the pronunciation of magnify on them.
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.