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hyperbole

英 [haɪ'pɜːbəlɪ]美 [haɪ'pɝbəli]

n. 夸张的语句；夸张法

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中文词源

hyperbole 夸张

hyper-,超过的，向上的，-boll,扔，词源同ball,ballet,ballistic.即向上扔的，引申词义夸张。

英语词源

hyperbole (n.)

early 15c., from Latin hyperbole

, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," related to hyperballein "to throw over or beyond," from hyper- "beyond" + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw" (see ballistics). Rhetorical sense is found in Aristotle and Isocrates.

权威例句

1. American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.

美式幽默主要以夸张为基础.

2. The phrase is of course a hyperbole.

这句话当然有些夸张.

3. Prochazka loved to regale his friends with hyperbole and excess.

普罗恰兹卡喜欢用夸张、过激的话与朋友逗乐.

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4. Liver of goose saying fertilizer is aristocratic food also is not hyperbole.

说肥鹅肝是贵族食品也不为夸张.

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5. Hyperbole and understatement are two chief rhetorical figures in English language.

夸张与含蓄陈述是英语中两种主要的修辞手段.

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