exaggerate
英[ɪg'zædʒəreɪt; eg-],美[ɪɡ'zædʒəret]
v. 夸大, 夸张助记:ex-加强 + agger-堆积 + -ate, 表动词 → 越堆越高 → 夸张。
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权威词源导读
exaggerate (v.) - 16世纪30年代,"to pile up, accumulate",源自拉丁语exaggeratus, exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify" 的过去分词,字面含义 "to heap, pile, load, fill",源自ex, here 可能"thoroughly" (参见ex-),+ aggerare "heap up, accumulate",引申为:"amplify, magnify",源自agger (所有格:aggeris) "heap",源自aggerere "bring together, carry toward",源自ad "to, toward" 的同化形式 (参见ad-) + gerere "carry" (参见gest)。含义 "overstate" 最早在16世纪60年代记录于英语中。同根词:Exaggerated; exaggerating。
词源说明(童理民)
1. exaggerate : ex-,向外,ag-,向,-ger,携带,词源同gesture,belligerent.
21世纪大英汉词典
#exaggeratevt.1.■夸大,夸张,把…讲得过分,对…言过其实:to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation夸大处境的困难2.■使(失常地)增加,使增大,使扩大;使过大;使逾常;过分强调;使更显眼:Those shoes exaggerate the size of his feet.那双鞋使他的双脚显得过大。vi.1.■夸大,夸张,夸大其词,(如在文章或演说中)使用夸张手法:a person who is always exaggerating一个老是言过其实的人变形vt.exaggeratedexaggerating#