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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。
放大（用透镜等）
magnifying — present participle of magnify
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
放大（用透镜等）
To make something look bigger when viewed through a lens, microscope, telescope, etc.
A telescope magnifies distant objects.
望远镜放大远处的物体。
赞美；颂扬(尤指上帝)。
To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
使更大；使更重要。
To make (something) larger or more important.
夸大；加剧；夸张。
To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.
用透镜、放大镜、望远镜等放大。
To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.
magnify
Base
原形
magnifies
3rd person
第三人称单数
magnifying
-ing
现在分词
magnified
Past
过去式
magnified
Past participle
过去分词
A microscope magnifies small objects.
显微镜放大微小物体。
The report magnified the problems.
这份报告夸大了问题。
The lens has magnified the image ten times.
这个透镜已经把图像放大了十倍。
规则动词，注意变y为i加ed。
The scientist used a microscope to magnify the tiny bacteria.
科学家用显微镜放大了微小的细菌。
He tends to magnify his achievements during interviews.
他在面试时往往夸大自己的成就。
The media often magnifies the impact of natural disasters.
媒体常常夸大自然灾害的影响。
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。
The image is magnified by 100 times.
图像被放大了100倍。
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
加剧风险
Poor planning magnified the risks of the project.
计划不周加剧了项目的风险。
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。
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。
夸大重要性
The media magnified the importance of the event.
媒体夸大了这次事件的重要性。
把问题夸大得不成比例；小题大做
The media magnified the issue out of all proportion to the actual facts.
媒体把这个问题夸大到与事实完全不成比例的程度。
夸大自身的重要性；妄自尊大
He tends to magnify his own importance in every project.
他总在每个项目中夸大自己的重要性。
拉大（或凸显）甲与乙之间的鸿沟
Wealth inequality magnifies the gulf between rich and poor.
财富不平等加剧了贫富之间的鸿沟。
我心尊主为大
The priest asked the congregation to magnify God in their daily lives.
牧师要求会众在日常生活中尊主为大。
Use magnifying naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.