exaggerate英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To overstate, to describe more than the fact.

— I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!

形容词 adj.

Exaggerative; overblown.

— And in general, if it is a natural feeling, let it be, but at normal, living levels, not too exaggerate.

词形变化

exaggerates present,singular,third-person exaggerating participle,present exaggerated participle,past exaggerated past more exaggerate comparative most exaggerate superlative

词汇关系

反义词

trivialize

词源

词源 1

Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).

词源 2

Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).