overdramatize
verb [ I or T ] disapproving (also over-dramatize); (UK usually overdramatise, over-dramatise) uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈdræm.ə.taɪz/ us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈdræm.ə.taɪz/
过度戏剧化
to make a situation seem a lot more exciting, important, or dangerous than it really is
He always tends to overdramatize everything. 他总是倾向于把一切过度戏剧化。
The story is dramatic enough, so you don't have to over-dramatize it.
Of course it's easy to overdramatise.
- More examples
- I don't want to overdramatize it, but it is a life or death situation.
- She didn't try to over-dramatize.
- You do overdramatise things a bit, you know.