英语单词“overembellish”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 overembellish 释义 overembellishverb[IorT](alsoover-embellish)uk/???.v?r.?m?bel.??/us/?o?.v?.?m?bel.??/toaddtoo manydetailsto something, usually in aneffortto make itbetter, or moreinterestingorexciting:Don't overembellishyourskillsorexperienceonyourCV.I have atendencyto over-embellish withdetails, but thistimeIresistedtheurge.

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• Suggestideas, but don't overembellish them, and you willallowthereadertofollowtheirimagination.
• If you over-embellishyourstoriesinorderto make apoint, you maylosetheattentionofyourlistener.
• Unlike manymusicianstoday, she doesn't overembellish.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Exaggerating & playing down

• alarmist
• bloviate
• blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
• cartoonish
• catastrophize
• dramatization
• dramatize
• exaggerate
• minimize
• OTT
• over-egg
• overboard
• overdramatic
• overdramatize
• overexaggerate
• overplay
• overstatement
• pile
• proportion
• stretch the truthidiom

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(Definition ofoverembellishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/overembellish##