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

• Through an analysis of hyperbole from the perspective of pragmatics, this article tries to explain the pragmatic functions of hyperbole.
  本文通过对夸张修辞的语用分析，试图从语用方面解释其功能。
• It began in March with heaps of hyperbole selling it.
  它开始在三月与堆夸张的出售。
• 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。
• But the hyperbole is fast becoming reality.
  然而这些夸张之辞也将逐渐实现。
• It portrays an artistic concept through the skill of hyperbole with a romantic flavor.
  以夸张的艺术手法塑造了奔马的艺术形态，意境带有浪漫主义色彩。
• 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。
• That was hyperbole& but the existential threat from climate change is all too real.
  这是夸大的说法，然而气候变迁对我们构成的生存威胁却是如假包换。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。