magnify
英 ['m?gn?fa?]
美['m?ɡn?fa?]
- vt. 放大；贊美；夸大
- vi. 放大；有放大能力
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?magnifies;過去式:?magnified;過去分詞:?magnified;現(xiàn)在分詞:?magnifying;
中文詞源
magnify 放大，擴大
magni-,巨大的，-fy,做，使。即使巨大。
英英釋意
- 1. increase in size, volume or significance;
- "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
- 2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
- "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
- 3. make large;
- "blow up an image"
英文詞源
- magnify (v.)
- late 14c., "to speak or act for the glory or honor (of someone or something)," from Old French magnefiier "glorify, magnify," from Latin magnificare "esteem greatly, extol, make much of," from magnificus "great, elevated, noble" (see magnificence). Meaning "use a telescope or microscope" is first attested 1660s, said to be a unique development in English. Related: Magnified; magnifying.
同義詞辨析
enlarge, amplify, expand, increase, magnify, multiply, augment
這些動詞均有"增加，增大"或"擴大"之意。
enlarge： 主要指面積或體積等的擴大。
amplify： 在科技中常指聲音的擴大或電磁波的增強。也指補充了細(xì)節(jié)、詳述或擴大內(nèi)容等。此詞系正式用語。
expand： 指范圍、程度、體積和尺寸等方面的擴大或增加。
increase： 指數(shù)量、強度和大小等方面的擴大或增加。
magnify： 可指用光學(xué)儀器使物體看上去顯得變大；也指事實上把某物增大，有時用于夸張意味。
multiply： 通常指自然繁殖而產(chǎn)生的增長，有時也指同類事物數(shù)量的成倍增加。
augment： 較正式用詞，一般指在原有的基礎(chǔ)上增加含量而擴大。
exaggerate, magnify
這兩個動詞均有"夸大，夸張"之意。
exaggerate： 指有意或無意地夸張或夸大，含強烈"過火"意味。
magnify： 本義為"放大或擴大"，引申用與exaggerate含義類似，但不如exaggerate常用。
考試真題
- it magnifies the number of the jobless
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- Overwork and exhaustion are the opposite of resilience and the bad habits we acquire when we're young only magnify when we hit the workforce.
2018年12月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- Plus, whatever image we present is magnified by social-media services like LinkedIn.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- And one of the easiest ways to segment a market is to magnify gender differences – or invent them where they did not previously exist.
2012年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
實用場景例句
- bacteria magnified to 1 000 times their actual size
- 放大了1 000倍的細(xì)菌
牛津詞典
- an image magnified by a factor of 4
- 放大了4倍的圖像
牛津詞典
- The sound was magnified by the high roof.
- 高高的屋頂使聲音更響亮。
牛津詞典
- The dry summer has magnified the problem of water shortages.
- 干燥的夏季加劇了缺水的問題。
牛津詞典
- This version of the Digges telescope magnifies images 11 times...
- 這種型號的迪格斯望遠(yuǎn)鏡可將圖像放大11倍。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- A lens would magnify the picture so it would be like looking at a large TV screen.
- 透鏡會把圖片放大，就像在看巨大的電視屏幕一樣。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Poverty and human folly magnify natural disasters...
- 貧困和人類的愚昧加劇了自然災(zāi)難。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Their noises were magnified in the still, wet air.
- 他們的喧鬧聲在凝滯而潮濕的空氣中顯得更吵了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- They do not grasp the broad situation and spend their time magnifying ridiculous details...
- 他們不去把握大局，而是在細(xì)枝末節(jié)上花費時間大做文章。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Any signs of discontent tend to be magnified and overanalyzed.
- 稍有不滿便會被上綱上線。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Compressed strong Style Finish Spray enhances and fixes your style and magnify or tousy results.
- 壓縮強力定型液,加強發(fā)型持久的定型效果,凝固造型.
期刊摘選
- My soul does magnify the Lord.
- 我的心確實是贊美上帝的.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He tried to magnify the part he played in the battle.
- 他試圖夸大他在戰(zhàn)斗中發(fā)揮的作用.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Remember to magnify His work, Of which men sing.
- 24你要記得稱贊?所行的為大, 就是人所歌頌的.
期刊摘選
- These groups and individuals magnify hate crimes by blacks in order to back their social agenda.
- 這些團(tuán)體和個人為了給自己提出的社會議題造輿論而極力夸大黑人的攻擊性犯罪.
期刊摘選
- You use microscopes to magnify very small objects.
- 你用顯微鏡可以將很小的物體放大.
期刊摘選
- But high oil prices minimized those sanctions; collapsing oil prices will now magnify those sanctions.
- 但是高油價把制裁的效果減到最低, 油價下跌又會把制裁的效果放到最大.
期刊摘選
- He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope.
- 他不以遺忘來消除苦痛, 卻希望去使苦痛顯得偉大和光榮.
期刊摘選
- This lens can magnify the diameter of the hair follicle by ten times.
- 這個透鏡能放大毛囊10倍.
期刊摘選
- Telescopes and microscopes magnify.
- 望遠(yuǎn)鏡和顯微鏡能放大.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Therefore, I could only magnify the split of society if I return hatred for hatred.
- 因此,我若以仇恨回報仇恨, 我只會加深社會的裂痕.
期刊摘選
- A microscope will magnify these germs, so that you can actually see them.
- 顯微鏡會放大這些細(xì)菌, 使你能夠?qū)嶋H地看見他們.
期刊摘選
- Baoding entire ancient dignified, magnify very ambitious.
- 整個寶鼎古樸凝重, 氣勢宏大,非常雄偉.
期刊摘選
- They are not scientific magnify the activity and negate passivity, or magnify passivity and negate activity.
- 任何夸大人的能動性而否定人的受動性, 或者夸大人的受動性而否定人的能動性都是不科學(xué)的.
期刊摘選
- He is inclined to magnify difficulties.
- 他老是愛夸大困難.
期刊摘選
- Tony wanted to magnify that picture.
- 托尼要把那張照片放大.
辭典例句