dramatize

Word family  noun drama dramatist adjective dramatic verb dramatize

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dram·a·tize (also dramatise British English) /ˈdræmətaɪz/ AWL verb [transitive]  1  AMTCBto make a book or event into a play or film 把〔文学作品、事件〕改编为戏剧[电影] a novel dramatized for television 被改编成电视剧的小说2  EXCITEDto make a situation seem more exciting, terrible etc than it really is 使戏剧化，戏剧性地表现，夸张 Why do you have to dramatize everything? 你为什么事事都要夸张呢？3  to make something more noticeable 使…更为引人注目 SYN highlight This incident dramatized the difficulties involved in the project. 这一事件使得项目中的种种困难更为引人注目了。 —dramatization /ˌdræmətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tə-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

dramatize• Yet its simplicity dramatizes a grim reality.• I really wanted to get across an idea that I thought should be dramatized and have Mary star in it.• Twigg's search for her daughter was dramatized in a TV movie.• Some newspapers tend to dramatize reports of property crimes.• It dramatized the challenge of trying to pose as a progressive leader while maintaining a profiteering, corrupt political organization.• It dramatized the superiority of ironclad warships over wooden ones.• I can dramatize this by discussing the one time when I did try to aim for a distant target.

dram·a·tize verbChineseSyllable  

play into to Corpus a a event or book make

dramatize
dram‧a‧tize AC (also dramatise British English) /ˈdræmətaɪz/ verb [transitive]1. to make a book or event into a play or film:
    a novel dramatized for television
2. to make a situation seem more exciting, terrible etc than it really is:
    Why do you have to dramatize everything?
3. to make something more noticeable
   SYN  highlight:
    This incident dramatized the difficulties involved in the project.
—dramatization /ˌdræmətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

drama·tize AW (BrE also drama·tise) BrE /ˈdræmətaɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdræmətaɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they dramatize BrE /ˈdræmətaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdræmətaɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it dramatizes BrE /ˈdræmətaɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdræmətaɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple dramatized BrE /ˈdræmətaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdræmətaɪzd/ 🔊past participle dramatized BrE /ˈdræmətaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdræmətaɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form dramatizing BrE /ˈdræmətaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdræmətaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ sth to present a book, an event, etc. as a play or a film/movie 将…改编成剧本；将…搬上（舞台或银幕） [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) to make sth seem more exciting or important than it really is 使戏剧化；戏剧性地表现；夸张◆Don't worry too much about what she said—she tends to dramatize things. 别太在意她说的话，她往往言过其实。🔊🔊▸ drama·tiza·tion AW, drama·tisa·tion BrE /ˌdræmətaɪˈzeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdræmətəˈzeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] ◆a television dramatization of the trial根据那次审判改编成的电视剧