英[ɪɡ'zædʒəreɪt]美[ɪɡ'zædʒəreɪt]
记忆方法
词源记忆法
ex-，向外。ag-，向。-ger，携带，带来，词源同gesture,belligerent.ex-加强意义+ag-来，临近+ger(=-gest-）携带，运输+-ate动词词尾
verb(动词)
双解例句
verb(动词)
小知识
When you exaggerate you stretch the truth. Fishermen tend to exaggerate the size of their fish. And children tend to exaggerate the seriousness of their cuts in order to get cute Band-Aids.
We all have a tendency to exaggerate. It makes our stories funnier, or more dramatic. After all, when you exaggerate, you're not really lying — you're just overstating things. The word exaggerate can also suggest that a particular characteristic is overdone or almost larger than life. If you describe someone as having an exaggerated limp, he or she might be walking like a gorilla.
实用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
exaggerate,magnify。
这组词都有“夸大，夸张”的意思。它们的区别是：
exaggerate多指“夸大”，带有强烈的“过火”意味，后常接较抽象的名词；
magnify常表示“扩大”“放大”，后接意义比较具体的名词。
试比较以下两个句子：
He often exaggerates the facts.他老是夸大事实。
We magnify objects with a microscope.我们用显微镜来放大物体。
这组词都有“夸大，夸张”的意思。它们的区别是：
exaggerate多指“夸大”，带有强烈的“过火”意味，后常接较抽象的名词；
magnify常表示“扩大”“放大”，后接意义比较具体的名词。
试比较以下两个句子：
He often exaggerates the facts.他老是夸大事实。
We magnify objects with a microscope.我们用显微镜来放大物体。
词根词缀
词根: ger
=carry,bring,表示”带来,产生”
v.
exaggerate 夸大, 夸张ex出+ag=ad+ger带来,表达+ate表动词→表达太过分
同义词辨析
exaggerate, magnify
这两个动词均有”夸大，夸张”之意。
- exaggerate： 指有意或无意地夸张或夸大，含强烈”过火”意味。
- magnify： 本义为”放大或扩大”，引申用与exaggerate含义类似，但不如exaggerate常用。
同义词
反义词
同根词
词根：exaggerate
adj.exaggerated夸张的，言过其实的
adv.n.exaggeration夸张；夸大之词；夸张的手法
v.exaggerated夸张，夸大（exaggerate的过去式）