exaggerate

动词 exaggerate:

1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
   同义词：overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
2. do something to an excessive degree
   同义词：overdo

1. Don't exaggerate the parallelism between the two cases.
   不要夸大那两件事的相似性。
2. He has an exaggerated idea of his own importance.
   他自视过高。
3. The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press.
   形势的严重性被报纸夸大了。

ex.ag.ger.ate

v.（动词）
ex.ag.ger.at.ed,ex.ag.ger.at.ing,ex.ag.ger.ates
v.tr.（及物动词）
To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate:
夸大，夸张：描述得大于实际情况；夸大叙述：
例句：
exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.
夸大了敌人的军事力量；夸大了他本人在这一事件中的作用

To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree:
使扩大：扩大或增加到一不正常的程度：
例句：
thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.
夸大叙述，言过其实

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make overstatements.
言过其实的叙述

来源：
Latin exagger3re exagger3t- [to heap up, magnify]
拉丁语 exagger3re exagger3t- [堆起，扩大]
ex- [intensive pref.] * see ex-
ex- [加强词义的前缀] *参见 ex-
agger3re [to pile up] from agger [pile] from aggerere [to bring to] ad- [ad-] gerere [to bring]
agger3re [堆起] 源自 agger [堆积] 源自 aggerere [带至] ad- [增加，添加] gerere [带来]

【引伸】
exag.gerat.edly
adv.（副词）
exag.gera.tion
n.（名词）
exag.gera.tive 或
exag.gerato.ry
exag.gera.tor
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>exaggerate,inflate,magnify,overstateThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to represent something as being larger or greater than it actually is.:
这些动词所共有的中心意思是.把某事物描述得比实际的更大.：
例句：
exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught;
吹嘘他所捕到的鱼的大小；

例句：
inflated her own importance;
夸张她自己的重要性；

例句：
magnifying his part in their success;
过度强调他在他们成功中的作用；

例句：
overstated their income on the mortgage application. minimize
在抵押申请中夸大他们的收入 minimize