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

• We'd probably fall back and describe a past work challenge that we may or may not be exaggerating.
  或许我们会回顾一下过去工作中碰到的挑战，而且不带一点夸张的把它描述出来。
• I am exaggerating, of course, but only a little.
  当然，这是夸张之辞，但只是略有夸张。
• No doubt the newspaper was exaggerating.
  毫无疑问是报纸夸大其词了。
• 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。
• The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating.
  这家旅馆真脏，我一点都不夸张。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You are exaggerating the difficulties.
  你把困难夸大了。