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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• What they wanted however of the sublime they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole;
  他们努力通过夸张得手法填补他们所缺乏的崇高性；
• It began in March with heaps of hyperbole selling it.
  它开始在三月与堆夸张的出售。
• Mr Stephenson said: This is not hyperbole.
  斯蒂芬森说：这不是夸张。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。