hyperbole
gb/haɪpˈɚbəli/ us/haɪpˈɚbəli/
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deliberate exaggeration for effect
An obvious exaggeration used to make something sound stronger or more dramatic.
Mẫu sử dụng:
[something] is hyperbole; use hyperbole; a hyperbole about [something]
Lỗi thường gặp:
Don’t use it for any lie or mistake; hyperbole is usually obvious and not meant to be believed literally.
Từ đồng nghĩa
exaggeration (Broader and more general; may be intentional or not.)
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overstatement (Often suggests stating something as larger/stronger than it is, sometimes in a serious tone.)
Từ trái nghĩa
understatement (Deliberately presenting something as less important or intense than it really is.)
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literal statement (Meant to be understood exactly as said, without exaggeration.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
a bit of hyperbole
|a touch of hyperbole
|pure hyperbole
|a piece of hyperbole
|comic hyperbole
|wild hyperbole
|dramatic hyperbole
|rhetorical hyperbole
|use hyperbole
|resort to hyperbole
Chủ đề
language
|communication
|writing
|rhetoric
Ví dụ
- When he said he waited a million years, it was obvious hyperbole.
- The ad is full of hyperbole, but the product is actually pretty ordinary.
- Her speech used hyperbole to highlight how serious the problem felt.
Ví dụ cho người học
- “I’m starving” is often hyperbole.
- That was hyperbole, not a fact.
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hyperbole
IPA
GB/haɪpˈɚbəli/
US/haɪpˈɚbəli/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
hy - per - bole (3 âm tiết)
Stress on 2nd syllable (per)
Các dạng từ
Noun
- Base: hyperbole
- Plural: hyperbole, hyperboles
Họ từ
Forms
hyperboles
noun
Core family
hyperbolic
adjective
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
understatement
noun
Advanced or less common
hyperbolically
adverb
hyperbolize
verb
Cách diễn đạt
no hyperbole
1/nˈoʊ haɪpˈɚbəli/
fixed phrase
informal
said to stress truthfulness
Used to say: “I’m not exaggerating.”
Ví dụ
- No hyperbole, that was the best meal I’ve had all year.
- No hyperbole: the venue was packed within minutes.
- No hyperbole, he worked on it every single day for a month.
that’s not hyperbole
1/ðˈæts nˈɑt haɪpˈɚbəli/
fixed phrase
insists statement is literal
Used to say: “I really mean it; I’m not exaggerating.”
Ví dụ
- It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and that’s not hyperbole.
- She carried the team for months—no one else came close, and that’s not hyperbole.
- I’ve read it five times this year; that’s not hyperbole.
without hyperbole
1/wɪðˈaʊt haɪpˈɚbəli/
fixed phrase
formal
not exaggerating
Used to say something is true and not exaggerated.
Ví dụ
- Without hyperbole, this policy will affect millions of people.
- She is, without hyperbole, one of the most influential scientists of her generation.
- The project was, without hyperbole, a turning point for the company.