sensationalize
sensationalize — 動詞
- sensationalizepresent simple I / you / we / they
- sensationalizeshe / she / it
- sensationalizedpast simple
- sensationalizing-ing form
1. to describe a story or event with deliberately dramatic language, making it soun
誇大渲染
以誇張手法報導事件以引起轟動
to describe a story or event with deliberately dramatic language, making it sound far more shocking or exciting than it really was
The news channel sensationalized Kian's small car crash into a terrible accident.
新聞頻道將 Kian 的小車禍誇大渲染成可怕的意外。
collocation: sensationalize + [trivial event] + into + [dramatic version]
Lara refused to let the reporter sensationalize her family's sad story.
Lara 拒絕讓記者誇大渲染她家庭的傷心故事。
Chiara's editor warned her not to sensationalize the town meeting report.
Chiara 的編輯警告她不要誇大渲染鎮上會議的報導。
pattern: warn [someone] not to sensationalize [something]
The film avoided sensationalizing the storm and simply told the truth.
這部影片避免誇大渲染暴風雨，只如實陳述。
pattern: avoid sensationalizing — negative framing for journalistic balance
Otis felt the paper had sensationalized a short argument between two friends.
Otis 覺得那家報紙誇大渲染了兩個朋友之間的小爭論。
- sensationalize a story
- sensationalize a crime
- sensationalize an event
- sensationalize + into
- exaggerate
broader in scope; used for any overstatement, not only in media
- dramatize
can be neutral or positive; used in arts contexts as well
- overplay
less formal; often used about overstating importance, not narrative detail
- inflate
focuses on making numbers or significance seem bigger, not on storytelling style
- downplay
to make something seem less important than it really is
- understate
to describe something as smaller or less serious than it is
文法句型
sensationalize + [story/event/information]
sensationalize + [something] + into + [something more dramatic]
用法筆記
Object is always a story, piece of news, or information — never a person. Most often used in criticism of media reporting.
常見錯誤
同根字
- sensation名詞B2
- sensational形容詞B2
- sensationally副詞C1
- sensationalism名詞C1
- sensationalist形容詞C1
常見搭配
常用片語
- accused of sensationalizing
- warn against sensationalizing