exaggerating

英 [ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪŋ]

美 [ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪŋ]

v.  夸张; 夸大; 言过其实
exaggerate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 夸大;夸张
  If youexaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.
  1. He thinks I'm exaggerating...
     他觉得我在夸大其词。
  2. Don't exaggerate...
     别夸张。
  3. Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job.
     希拉承认自己有时候确实夸大了工作的难度。
• VERB 突出;夸大
  If somethingexaggeratesa situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is.
  1. These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness...
     这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。
  2. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.
     那件连衣裙凸显了她的蜂腰，也让她的胸部看起来更丰满。

双语例句

• I also believe that most commentators are exaggerating the extent of the eurozone slowdown.
  我还认为，大多数评论人士都在夸大欧元区增长放缓的程度。
• He enjoyed exaggerating his infamy.
  他喜欢夸大他的恶行。
• You are exaggerating. I played only a small part in the whole thing.
  你过奖了，我在这件事里只起了很小的作用。
• I am not exaggerating when I say that Midnight's Children made me feel Indian for the first time.
  《午夜的孩子》这部小说第一次让我真正地感觉到自己是一个印度人，我这样说是一点也不夸张。
• I'm afraid you've been exaggerating.
  你这样说未免太夸张了。
• It was a rabbit, not a lion; you're exaggerating as usual!
  是只兔子，不是狮子；你又夸大其词了！
• Thank you for your compliment, but you're exaggerating.
  谢谢你的夸奖，但是你过奖了。
• I'm exaggerating the drug problem, my sources are unreliable, I can't spell.
  我夸大了毒品问题，我的消息来源不可靠，我连个字都拼不对。
• But now they risk exaggerating the potential damage.
  但现在他们是对可能会遭受的冲击多虑了。
• Perhaps I'm exaggerating a bit, but that's essentially how it felt to me.
  或许我有点夸大其词了，但这确确实实是我的感受。