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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the hyperbole is fast becoming reality.
  然而这些夸张之辞也将逐渐实现。
• 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；
• Hyperbole is a commonly-used figure of speech.
  夸张辞格是一种常用的修辞手法。
• 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。
• 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；
• A very large indefinite number ( usually hyperbole).
  非常大的不确定的数字（常用于夸张）。