exaggerate

exaggerate
[ɪgˈzadʒəreɪt, ɛg-]
verb
  1. [with obj.]represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is
    夸大；夸张
    both she and her daughter were apt to exaggerate any aches and pains.
    无论大痛小痛，她和她女儿都喜欢夸大其词。
    [no obj.]I couldn't sleep for three days—I'm not exaggerating.
    我已有三天无法入睡了——我没有夸张。
    ■[as adj. exaggerated]enlarged or altered beyond normal or due proportions
    使大得异乎寻常
    exaggerated features such as a massive head and beetling brows.
    夸张的面部特征，如特大的头和悬垂的眉毛。
派生
exaggeratedly
adverb
exaggeration
noun
exaggerative
adjective
exaggerator
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from Latin exaggerat- 'heaped up', from the verb exaggerare, from ex- 'thoroughly' + aggerare 'heap up' (from agger 'heap'). The word originally meant 'pile up, accumulate' , later 'intensify praise or blame', 'dwell on a virtue or fault', giving rise to current senses
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