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词汇 larger-than-life
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larger than life


idiom
If someone is larger than life, that person attracts a lot of attention because they are more exciting or interesting than most people: 更有趣的,更活跃的(因此可能更引人注目)
Most characters in his movies are somewhat larger than life.在他的电影中,大多数人物都是超群不凡之辈。
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larger than life | American Dictionary


larger than life


idiom
more obvious than usual:
His superhuman strength gives the story a larger-than-life quality, like a fable.

Examples of larger than life


larger than life
In fact, they may still appear recognisable but 'largerthanlife'.
It turned the exotic background sounds of folk music into leading characters, largerthanlife, revealing in minute detail their inner qualities.
Instead of mysterious caves, dragons, and romanticized heroes, fantastic factory floors, gigantic machines, and largerthanlife machinists confront the audience.
The mood is contagious, and the images are largerthanlife, because those who articulate such views have both voice and influence.
Sounds, even the most intimate vocal ones, can appear largerthanlife through electroacoustic processing and sound diffusion techniques.
This phrase, which became largerthanlife with the passage of time, meant different things to different people.
Constant described these fearful things in a way that is "largerthanlife," which is why he is able to speak to us across the centuries.
She is certainly largerthanlife, and bounces around the stage.
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