词汇精选：exaggerate的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

使扩大；使增加 [T]

例句：

He was fatally driven to exaggerate his discontentment.

这使他的不快无限膨胀。

例句：

Those shoes exaggerate the size of his feet.

那双鞋使他的双脚显得过大。

夸大，夸张 [I,T]

例句：

If you exaggerate, people will no longer believe you.

如果你说话虚夸，人们便不会相信你了。

例句：

Bob has a tendency to exaggerate things.

鲍勃有爱夸张的倾向。

二、词义辨析：

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。

三、参考例句：

It is impossible to exaggerate its importance.

无论怎样强调它的重要性也不过分。

You think I exaggerate about the dependence?

你会以为我说依赖是过于夸张？

Critics exaggerate the extent of the problem.

批评者夸大了问题的严重性。

Bob has a tendency to exaggerate things.

鲍勃有爱夸张的倾向。

These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness.

这些数字夸大了竞争力的下降。

Bob has a tendency to exaggerate things.

鲍勃有爱夸张的倾向。

Those shoes exaggerate the size of his feet.

那双鞋使他的双脚显得过大。

If you always exaggerate, people will no longer believe you.

如果你老是言过其实，人们就不会相信你了。

But critics exaggerate the extent of the problem.

但批评者夸大了问题的严重性。

He was fatally driven to exaggerate his discontentment.

这使他的不快无限膨胀。