dramatize
verb🔊/ˈdræmətaɪz/
🔊/ˈdræmətaɪz/
(British English also dramatise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dramatize | 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪz/ 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪz/ |
| he / she / it dramatizes | 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple dramatized | 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪzd/ |
| past participle dramatized | 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪzd/ |
| -ing form dramatizing | 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈdræmətaɪzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] dramatize something
to present a book, an event, etc. as a play or a film 将…改编成剧本；将…搬上（舞台或银幕） Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ was dramatized on television recently. 简·奥斯丁的《艾玛》最近在电视上播放了。
- [transitive, intransitive] dramatize (something)
to make something seem more exciting or important than it really is 使戏剧化；戏剧性地表现；夸张