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

• Mr Stephenson said: This is not hyperbole.
  斯蒂芬森说：这不是夸张。
• Translation trainees also need to be familiar with the syntax of indirect speech and various figures of speech in the source language such as hyperbole, irony, meiosis, and implicatures.
  翻译实践者还应熟悉间接引语的句式，和源语言中各种修辞手法，如夸张、反语、缓叙和言外之意。
• 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。
• 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。
• Secondly, language is characterized by iconicity when it is used by hyperbole rhetoric.
  语言使用夸张修辞手法时具有象似性特征；
• It was the race all of China and, no, this is not journalistic hyperbole was waiting for.
  这是整个中国期待的比赛，这样说绝没有丝毫的夸张。
• 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”。
• But the hyperbole is fast becoming reality.
  然而这些夸张之辞也将逐渐实现。
• 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。
• 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。