grandiloquently
adverb
uk/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt.li/us/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt.li/in agrandiloquentway(= usingcomplicatedlanguage):
(尤指为了使某人或者某物显得重要而)卖弄词藻地,言辞浮夸地,过分华丽地Before thecampaignthe Emperor hadspokengrandiloquently ofmarchingthrough Russia toIndia.在这次战役之前,皇帝曾大谈特谈要穿过俄罗斯向印度进军。
The Premier referred grandiloquently to the Government'srecordinreducingitsdebt.总理夸夸其谈地提到政府在减少债务方面的纪录。
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grandiloquent
- Aware of Rose'sgaze, he said grandiloquently: "Do notconcernyourself,dearfriend".
- Hestoodbefore theemptybutimpressivetombandaddressedit grandiloquently in hisflat,featurelessvoice.
- Critics grandiloquentlypronouncethebooka "testamentto thehumanspirit."
Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- minimize
- OTT
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overdramatize
- overembellish
- overexaggerate
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- stretch the truthidiom