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

• You are exaggerating the difficulties.
  你把困难夸大了。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm exaggerating but I do so to make a point.
  这是夸张的讲法，但我这么说有其用意。
• He thinks I'm exaggerating
  他觉得我在夸大其词。
• No doubt the newspaper was exaggerating.
  毫无疑问是报纸夸大其词了。
• 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。
• Some parents hesitate to take these steps because they suspect that their child is exaggerating
  一些家长不愿意采取这些措施，因为他们怀疑自己的孩子在夸大其词。
• 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。
• The salesman padded the bill for his travelling expenses by exaggerating his food expenses.
  推销员在用餐费上弄虚作假，多报差旅费。