exaggerate
/ɪgˈzædʒəreɪt/verb
with obj.
1- 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
不论是什么痛, 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——我可不是在夸张。
1.1
- as adj. exaggerated enlarged or altered beyond normal or due proportions扩大（或放大、改动）得不成比例的; 过大的：
exaggerated features such as a massive head and beetling brows.
大头及蓬松悬垂的眉毛等过大的面部特征。
派生词
exaggeratedly
adverbexaggeration
nounexaggerative
adjectiveexaggerator
noun词源
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.