英语单词短语词组“stretch the truth”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

stretch the truth

idiom

to say something that is notcompletelyhonestinorderto make someone or somethingseembetterthan it really is:

夸大事实，言过其实

He wasaccusedofstretchingthetruthabout how much he hadhelpedin theproject.他被指责夸大了自己在整个项目中的作用。

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to say something not true in order to deceive

lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.
tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.
lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.
fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful.
misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.
deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.

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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lies, lying & hypocrisy

a pack of liesidiom
artifice
bad faith
black is whiteidiom
cakeism
canard
falsehood
falsification
feedsomeonea lineidiom
fib
fiction
mistruth
myth
mythologically
mythologize
untruth
venality
weasel words
white lie
whopper

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Exaggerating & playing down

单词	stretch the truth
释义	stretch the truth idiom to say something that is notcompletelyhonestinorderto make someone or somethingseembetterthan it really is: 夸大事实，言过其实 He wasaccusedofstretchingthetruthabout how much he hadhelpedin theproject.他被指责夸大了自己在整个项目中的作用。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples to say something not true in order to deceive lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says. tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree. lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it. fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful. misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married. deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion. See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism canard falsehood falsification feedsomeonea lineidiom fib fiction mistruth myth mythologically mythologize untruth venality weasel words white lie whopper See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Exaggerating & playing down (Definition ofstretch the truthfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/stretch-the-truth##
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