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

• He enjoyed exaggerating his infamy.
  他喜欢夸大他的恶行。
• Madame's exaggerating with her pilot.
  夫人和她的飞行员夸大了。
• That might be exaggerating a little.
  这可能有点夸大其词。
• 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。
• In my own defense, I thought he was exaggerating.
  就我的辩解，我以为他是太夸张了。
• He thinks I'm exaggerating
  他觉得我在夸大其词。
• 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。
• 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。
• You should start by being honest and not exaggerating.
  从一开始，你就应该诚实，而不要夸大其辞。