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

• The stylistic devices frequently appearing in advertisements are pun, parody, hyperbole, alliteration, personification, simile, metaphor, repetition and antithesis, etc.
  常用于英语广告中的修辞格有：双关、仿似、夸张、押韵、拟人、比喻、重复和对照。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even for an industry used to hyperbole, 3D is having quite an effect.
  即便在电影业这样一个习惯夸张的行业，3d所产生的效应也相当轰动。
• But on Tuesday he played down the remarks, describing them as "a bit of hyperbole".
  但本周二，他淡化了这些评论，称其“有点夸张”。
• And you think I float* then it happens. Such hyperbole might seem reminiscent of the dotcom bubble.
  那么我就会象肥皂泡一样离地飘浮起来。这样的夸张景象可能会让你想起网络泡沫。
• If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: resist hyperbole.
  我说一遍，就相当于说了一千遍：拒绝夸张。
• Dave: I would prevent at all cost the dilution of the SOA brand by market hype and hyperbole.
  我会不惜代价阻止市场炒作和夸大其词对SOA品牌的消弱。
• But the hyperbole is fast becoming reality.
  然而这些夸张之辞也将逐渐实现。
• Yet in spite of the over-truth expression, employment of hyperbole does not affect the conversation flow between parties.
  尽管言过其实，但是夸张手法的运用并不影响交谈双方的交流。