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'm afraid you've been exaggerating.
  你这样说未免太夸张了。
• 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。
• Madame's exaggerating with her pilot.
  夫人和她的飞行员夸大了。
• 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。
• You see, now you're exaggerating a little.
  你看，你可能有些夸张了。
• That might be exaggerating a little.
  这可能有点夸大其词。
• 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。
• We are not exaggerating when we boast that the cyber-era has already been waving us hello.
  毫不夸张的说，网络时代在向我们招手了。
• Dogmatic and exaggerating, you could be an adventurer or a gambler.
  自以为是跟夸张的态度，你可以是个冒险家或是个赌徒。
• We have been accused of exaggerating before, but unfortunately all our reports proved to be true
  以前一直有人指责我们夸大事实，但遗憾的是，我们所有的报道都证明是真实的。