1. vt.放大；扩大　 make (sth) appear larger (as with a lens or microscope)
2. vt.夸大　 exaggerate
3. vt.夸奖；赞美　 extol; give praise to (God)

　～ all sb's problems　夸大某人的问题
　～ the image of anything　放大任何东西的图像
　～ the Lord　赞美上帝
　～ the part　夸大作用
　～ the peril　把危险夸大
　～ admirably　极为成功地扩大
　～ advantageously　有效地扩大
　～ amazingly　令人惊异地扩大
　～ automatically　自动扩大
　～ carefully　小心地扩大
　～ considerably　相当大地扩大
　～ consistently　一致地赞美
　～ constantly〔progressively〕　不断地赞美
　～ continuously　继续赞美
　～ curiously　不寻常地赞美
　～ deliberately　有意地赞美
　～ desperately　不顾一切地扩大
　～ elaborately　很难扩大
　～ emotionally　激动地赞美
　～ finally　最终扩大
　～ gloriously　光荣地赞美
　～ heartlessly　无意地赞美
　～ hurriedly　仓促地扩大
　～ intelligently　理想地赞美
　～ interestingly　有趣地赞美
　～ irregularly　无规律地扩大
　～ logically　逻辑性扩大
　～ mechanically　机械地扩大
　～ memorably　值得回忆地赞美
　～ overwhelmingly　过分地赞美
　～ partially　局部地扩大
　～ prodigiously　奇妙地赞美
　～ promptly　迅速地扩大
　～ purposely　有目的地赞美
　～ righteously　理所当然地扩大
　～ scientifically　科学地扩大
　～ skillfully　技术高超地扩大
　～ slowly　缓慢地扩大
　～ tactfully　巧妙地赞美
　～ temporarily　临时扩大
　～ unconsciously　不自觉地赞美
　～ unreasonably　不合理地扩大
　～ wearily　令人厌烦地赞美
　～ to　夸大到…

　This is a microscope that magnifies greatly.　这是台放大很多倍的显微镜。
　This photograph won't probably magnify well.　这张照片放大出来很可能效果不好。
　A telescope magnifies the image of anything that one looks at through it.　望远镜能把人们通过它看到的任何东西的图像放大。
　A microscope magnifies bacteria so that they can be seen and studied.　显微镜把细菌放大，使人们得以看见并研究它。
　He tried to magnify the part he played in the battle.　他试图夸大他在战斗中发挥的作用。
　She tends to magnify all her problems.　她一向乐于夸大她的问题。
　They have magnified the peril.　他们把危险夸大了。
　He often magnifies himself against others.　他常用抬高自己贬低对方的方法反对别人。
　My soul does magnify the Lord.　我的心确实是赞美上帝的。
　An object was magnified 200 times by the microscope.　这架显微镜能把物体放大二百倍。

 ♣ magnify to　(v.+prep.)
　夸大到…　exaggerate sth to certain degree
　A simple mistake in judgement was often magnified to the proportions of a major crime.　在审判时，小的过失常常被夸大到滔天大罪。

 ♣ magnify, amplify, augment, enlarge, increase
　参见increase条。
 ♣ magnify, exaggerate
　参见exaggerate条。