dramatize

verb

1. 将…改编成剧本；将…搬上（舞台或银幕）
   to present a book, an event, etc. as a play or a film/movie
2. 使戏剧化；戏剧性地表现；夸张
   to make sth seem more exciting or important than it really is
   1. 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。

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 dramatise


1. VERB 将(书或故事)改编成剧本;将…搬上舞台(或银幕);用戏剧形式表现
   If a book or story is dramatized, it is written or presented as a play, film, or television drama.
   1. ...an incident later dramatized in the movie 'The Right Stuff'.
      后来被改编成电影《太空先锋》的事件
   2. ...a dramatised version of the novel.
      小说的改编剧版本
2. VERB 使戏剧化;戏剧性地表现;夸张
   If you say that someone dramatizes a situation or event, you mean that they try to make it seem more serious, more important, or more exciting than it really is.
   1. They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation.
      他们爱炫耀，几乎对每种情况都添油加醋。
3. VERB 使引人注目;使扣人心弦
   If something that happens or is done dramatizes a situation, it focuses people's attention on the situation in a dramatic way.
   1. More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight...
      400 多名流亡者举行从早到晚的绝食抗议来让人们关注他们的苦难。
   2. The need for change has been dramatized by plummeting bank profits.
      改革的必要性由于银行利润的暴跌而凸显。

1. They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation.
   他们爱炫耀，几乎对每种情况都添油加醋。
2. More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight
   400多名流亡者举行从早到晚的绝食抗议来让人们关注他们的苦难。
3. The need for change has been dramatized by plummeting bank profits.
   改革的必要性由于银行利润的暴跌而凸显。
4. The film attempts neither to dramatize nor sermonize.
   这部电影既不企图使用戏剧化的手法也不企图进行说教。
5. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
   所以，我们今天来到这里，要把这骇人听闻的情况公诸于众。
6. I just dramatize the life of a playwright!
   我要把一个剧作家的生活编成剧本。
7. Don't dramatize so much, Johnny; just give us the FACTS.
   强尼，不要作绘声绘影的描述，把事实讲给我们听就行了。
8. Dramatize a novel a souped-up version of the original
   把一本小说改编成剧本根据原作改编的版本
9. This novel would dramatize well.
   这部小说可改编得很好。
10. That story would dramatize well.
    那个故事可以很好地改编成剧本。
11. Don't dramatize your problems.
    别夸大其词地诉说你的问题了。
12. Even if he wins a few championships, as he should, he will forever be linked to a classless decision to dramatize his leaving Cleveland for Miami.
    即使他最后赢了几个冠军，应该可以做到，那也将永远会和那个离开克利夫兰去迈阿密的决定联系在一起。
13. He is planning to dramatize the novel.
    他正计划把这本小说改编成戏剧。
14. He intended his novel to dramatize the conflict between heresy and Christianity.
    他打算在他的小说里戏剧化地再现异教与基督教之间的冲突。
15. If the Haiyan can be the writer and dramatize two kinds of roles to appear, so he can become the classic create new style in the generation public.
    如果说海岩可以作为作家和编剧两种角色出现的话，那么他可以成为一代人心中独树一帜的经典。
16. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.
    于是今天，我们来到这儿揭露一个骇人的状态。
17. Don't believe everything she tells you; she tends to dramatize.
    她的话不可尽信；她往往言过其实。
18. A dramatize more B nowhere than in the west.
    比起西部，在任何地方，A都不能更戏剧化的表现B。
19. To dramatize the necessity of clandestine warfare, instructors objectively recited case histories and their import.
    为了说明秘密战的必要性，教官们客观地讲述了案例及其意义。
20. Often, well-worded speech can dramatize the situation far better.
    一篇动听的演说词往往更加能引起人们对形势的注意。
21. They may dramatize the day-to-day stresses they face together.
    他们会夸大双方每天面对的压力。
22. Dramatize a novel Prize-Winning Stories From China
    把一本小说改编成剧本中国获奖短篇小说选
23. These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth.
    这些事件戏剧化地表明了在当今时代的青年之中是缺少。
24. Don't dramatize& just give us the facts!
    别弄花巧了只管说出事实经过吧！

verb

1. add details to

   Synonym:    embroiderpadlardembellishaggrandizeaggrandiseblow updramatise

2. represent something in a dramatic manner
   1. These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth

   Synonym:    dramatise

3. put into dramatic form
   1. adopt a book for a screenplay

   Synonym:    dramatiseadopt