hyperbole

英 [haɪˈpɜːbəli]

美 [haɪˈpɜːrbəli]

n.  夸张

复数：hyperboles　

GRE

BNC.19099 / COCA.17093

牛津词典

noun

• 夸张
  a way of speaking or writing that makes sth sound better, more exciting, dangerous, etc. than it really is

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 夸张（法）
  If someone useshyperbole, they say or write things that make something sound much more impressive than it really is.
  1. ...the hyperbole that portrays him as one of the greatest visionaries in the world.
     将他描绘成世界上最伟大的愿景家之一的夸张

英英释义

noun

• extravagant exaggeration
  Synonym:exaggeration

双语例句

• You can't even argue your point without resortingto hyperbole.
  不用夸张的方式你就不能表达你的观点。
• It began in March with heaps of hyperbole selling it.
  它开始在三月与堆夸张的出售。
• Hyperbole is a very common rhetorical device which is widely used both in English and Chinese. ( 2) certain technological words are likely to yield rhetorical impressions, such as metaphor, exaggeration, metonymy and so on;
  夸张是英汉语中非常常见的一种修辞手法。（2）某些科技词语可能具有比喻、夸张、借代、大词小用等修辞效果；
• Mr Stephenson said: This is not hyperbole.
  斯蒂芬森说：这不是夸张。
• His hyperbole underlines an important demographic shift.
  这么说有些夸张，但也突显出一种重要的人口构成上的变化。
• In advertising, the term is often used as a hyperbole, a superlative to hype up a product.
  在广告上，这种措词常用作夸张词，一种大肆宣传一个产品的最高级词。
• This man with boundless energy and charisma is also a master of hype, hyperbole and the catchy phrase.
  这名男子与无限的能量和魅力，也是一个硕士的炒作，夸张和引人注目词组。
• The chart is hyperbole.
  这张图有点夸张。
• Our Church believes that we should avoid such hyperbole and simply stick close to what the Bible actually Teaches and Says.
  我们的教会认为，我们应该避免出现这样的夸张和简单地贴近什麽圣经其实是教导并说。
• Journalists, often guilty of hyperbole, have struggled for once to capture the rawness of the politics.
  记者们素有夸张之能事，但这一次也对记录政治的生猛感到力不从心了。