Paint the devil blacker than he is
v. 言过其实
🧩 词语组成解析
paint
[pent]
n. 颜料，涂料;绘画作品;胭脂等化妆品;色彩，装饰;
vt. 涂色于;绘画;（用语言，文字等）描写;擦脂粉等;
vi. 描绘;绘画;化妆;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
n. 擦皮鞋人；[制鞋业]黑色涂饰工
than
[ðæn; ðən, ðn]
conj. 比（用于比较级）;宁愿…而不愿;除…以外;一…就;
prep. 超过;比;
🗣️ 情景例句
I hear you're expecting a baby, Mrs. Stewart.
我听说你们快有小孩了， Stewart太太。
Tom's been feeling blue ever since his divorce.
自离婚以来，汤姆一直很忧郁。
Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest.
为什么进步这个概念在现代世界显得如此突出？无疑是因为有一种特殊的进步实际上正在我们周围发生，而且变得越来越明显。