dram·a·tize (also dramatise British EnglishBrE) /ˈdræmətaɪz/ AWL verb [transitiveT]1 AMTCBto make a book or event into a play or film 把〔文學作品、事件〕改編爲戲劇[電影]a novel dramatized for television 被改編成電視劇的小說
2 EXCITEDto make a situation seem more exciting, terrible etc than it really is 使戲劇化,戲劇性地表現,誇張Why do you have to dramatize everything? 你爲什麽事事都要誇張呢?
3 to make something more noticeable 使…更爲引人注目 SYN highlightThis incident dramatized the difficulties involved in the project. 這一事件使得項目中的種種困難更爲引人注目了。
—dramatization /ˌdræmətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tə-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]