"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
"He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
1.夸大;夸张
If youexaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.
e.g. He thinks I'm exaggerating...
他觉得我在夸大其词。
e.g. Don'texaggerate...
别夸张。
2.突出;夸大
If somethingexaggerates a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is.
e.g. These figuresexaggerate the loss of competitiveness...
这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。
e.g. 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。
1. 夸张:evolve 演变 |exaggerate 夸张 | exert 施加(压力)
2. 夸大,使扩大:exact 需要,坚持要求; 精确的 |exaggerate 夸大,使扩大 | exasperate 激怒
3. 夸大:exactly 确切地,恰好 |exaggerate 夸大 | examine 检验,审查,考试
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4. 夸张;夸大:imply 暗示,暗含 |exaggerate 夸张,夸大 | remedy 治疗的办法,医治,补救