magnify

['mægnifai]

v. 放大, 夸大
v. <古>赞美, 颂扬

vt.

1. 放大, 扩大

Tony wanted to magnify that picture.

托尼要把那张照片放大。

2. 夸张, 夸大

Ned likes to magnify his achievements.

内德喜欢夸大自己所取得的成绩。

3. 【古】赞美, 颂扬; 推崇

vi.

1. 放大, 扩大

2. 有放大能力

词形变化

动词过去式: magnified | 动词过去分词: magnified | 动词现在分词: magnifying | 动词第三人称单数: magnifies |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.夸张; 加强; 增大

exaggerate  increase  intensify  expand  enhance  enlarge  extend  broaden  stretch  inflate  

同义参见:

dilate  amplify  swell  balloon  overdo  aggrandize  embroider  augment  distend  

反义:

vt.放大; 夸大

diminish  reduce  minify  

英英释义

动词 magnify:

increase in size, volume or significance

同义词：amplify

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

同义词：overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, amplify

make large

同义词：blow up, enlarge

补充

magnifymagnify英:[ˈmæɡnifai] 美:[ˈmæɡnəˌfaɪ]vt.1.放大; 扩大A microscope magnifies bacteria so that they can be seen and studied.显微镜把细菌放大, 使人们得以看见并研究它。2.夸大He tried to magnify the part he played in the battle.他试图夸大他在战斗中发挥的作用。3.夸奖; 赞美My soul does magnify the Lord.我的心确实是赞美上帝的。

例句

1. The telescope magnifies images 11 times.这个望远镜将像放大11倍。 2. A lens would magnify the picture.透镜可将图片放大。 3. He used bank loans to magnify his buying power.他用银行贷款来提高购买力。 4. Their noises were magnified in the still, wet air.他们的喧闹声在无风而潮湿的空气中显得更吵了。 5. Their problems are magnified by poverty.他们的问题因贫穷而加剧了。 6. Don't magnify your troubles.别夸大你的困难。 7. They do not grasp the broad situation and spend their time magnifying ridiculous details.他们不去把握大局, 而是在细枝末节上大做文章。 8. Any signs of discontent tend to be magnified and overanalyzed.稍有不满便会被上纲上线。 9. The newspaper magnified him.这份报纸赞扬了他。 10. A convex lens magnifies.凸透镜用于放大物体。 11. The microscope magnified the object two hundred times.这架显微镜把实物放大了200倍。 12. I want to magnify my mother's picture.我想放大我母亲的照片。 13. He tried to magnify the part he acted in the play.他试图夸大他在剧中扮演的角色。 14. She is inclined to magnify her troubles.她喜欢夸大她的困难。 15. the retinal image will be magnified.网膜像视会被放大。 16. the risk is magnified if there is any dirty material next to the skin.如果皮肤旁边有脏物危险性会增大。 17. she tended to magnify the defects of those she disliked.她喜欢夸大她不喜欢人物的缺点。 18. praise the Lord and magnify Him.赞美上帝并颂扬他。 19. to magnify sth under a microscope用显微镜放大某物 20. to magnify a problem夸大某个问题 21. The sound was magnified by the calm air.平静的空气使声音更响亮。 22. Their health problems have been magnified [=worsened] by unsanitary living conditions.不卫生的生活环境加剧了他们的健康问题。 23. "Her successful handling of the crisis has magnified [=increased, improved] her chances to win reelection."她对危机的成功处理增加了她竞选连任获胜的机会。 24. His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends.他的屡次失败因朋友们的成功更加突显。 25. I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems.我不想夸大这些问题的重要性。 26. The lens magnified the image 100 times.镜头把图像放大了100倍。 27. a magnified view of the image放大了的图像