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melodramatic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mel·o·dra·mat·ic /ˌmelədrəˈmætɪk◂/ adjective  EXAGGERATEif you behave in a melodramatic way, you become more angry or upset than is really necessary 又哭又闹的,胡闹的;夸张的;感情用事的 Stop being so melodramatic! 别再这么胡闹了!melodramatically /-kli/ adverb
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melodramaticHis only saving grace is his undying belief in the melodramatic.He was associated with a heavy, melodramatic, and often sentimental style of acting.The script is terrible, the acting by turns melodramatic and wooden, the direction confused.It sounds melodramatic, but I felt like someone was watching me.Of course, on reflection, Deborah didn't really think it was that melodramatic either.What was this melodramatic gesture of Jake's all about?a melodramatic musical scorea melodramatic playThe stories had the melodramatic plot lines of comic books or soap operas.He boomed out, slipping in all the glottal stops and nasal sobs of an appallingly melodramatic tenor.There is an eerily Victorian postscript to this unhappy tale, almost too melodramatic to be true.
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melodramatic
melodramatic /ˌmelədrəˈmætɪk◂/ adjective
if you behave in a melodramatic way, you become more angry or upset than is really necessary:
    Stop being so melodramatic!
—melodramatically /-kli/ adverb


melo·dra·mat·icBrE /ˌmelədrəˈmætɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmelədrəˈmætɪk/ 🔊 adjective (often disapproving) full of exciting and extreme emotions or events; behaving or reacting to sth in an exaggerated way 情节剧式的;夸大的;耸人听闻的a melodramatic plot full of deceit and murder充满欺骗和凶杀的耸人听闻的情节 melo·dra·mat·ic·al·ly BrE /ˌmelədrəˈmætɪkli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmelədrəˈmætɪkli/ 🔊 adverb