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- 夸大
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 夸大 [kuādà]
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verb
exaggerate
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verb
exaggerate
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 夸大 [kuādà]
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exaggerate; overstate; magnify; inflate
- 夸大困难
- exaggerate the difficulties
- 夸大敌情
- overestimate the enemy
- 原来的数字被夸大了。
- The original figures were inflated.
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inflated
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exaggerate; overstate; magnify; inflate
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 夸大 [kuādà]
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故意把事情的程度往大的方面说
- 夸大其词
- 既不夸大，也不缩小。
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故意把事情的程度往大的方面说
Examples
- 她想贬低他在这件事里起的作用，夸大自己的作用。
- She tried to play down his part in the affair and play up her own. → 贬低
- 夸大困难
- exaggerate the difficulties → 夸大
- 夸大敌情
- overestimate the enemy → 夸大
- 原来的数字被夸大了。
- The original figures were inflated. → 夸大
- 明明不像你说的那么严重， 你也太夸大其辞了！
- It is not as serious as you said. You exaggerated too much. → 夸大其辞
- 既不夸大，也不缩小。 → 夸大
- to magnify one's sufferings
- 夸大某人所受的痛苦 → magnify
- to get sth out of proportion
- 无根据地夸大某事 → proportion
Collocations
- 有意夸大
- to exaggerate
- 盲目夸大
- to blindly exaggerate
- 夸大其词
- to brag
- 夸大成果
- to brag about achievement
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