adj.有英雄(或传奇)色彩的

The people in Westerns are nearly always depicted larger than life, usually either totally good or totally bad. 西部片里的人物几乎总带有夸张了的特征，通常要么极好，要么极坏。

I want to get a larger than life poster of Tom Cruise. 我想去买一张比真人还大的汤姆?克鲁斯的海报。

Many filmstars seem to be larger than life to the mass of ordinary people. 在普通人看来，许多电影名星似乎有些不同寻常。

He's a larger than life character,noisy, very friendly, and always joking. 他这个人与众不同，爱嚷嚷、很热情、喜欢开玩笑。

Being larger than life and yet your pride is crushed with self- loathing. 人们总是说酗酒者是自私自利和不自重的。真是完美的形容。

Everything Janice wears is larger than life: hats with wide brims,long pendant earrings and shoes with six-inch heels. 贾尼斯的穿戴总是有点过份，帽子带有宽大的边，耳环长长垂下，鞋子的跟有6英寸高。