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加油添醋的誇大英文怎說❓

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📚所以今天來學這個常考字：exaggerate [ɪɡˋzædʒəˏret]

v. to make sth seem better, larger, worse etc than it really is 誇張；誇大

【例句】
🖊️The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press.
形勢的嚴重性被報紙誇大了。

🖊️The news about that incident has been much exaggerated by the reporter.
關於那件事的新聞報導被記者誇大了。

🖊️He has an exaggerated idea of his own importance.
他自視過高。

【字源】< ex-：out > + < -ag= -ad：to > + < -ger：carry 帶來 > → 一直帶進新的東西加油添醋 → 誇大。

【同義】hyperbolize, overemphasize, overstate