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When you exaggerate, you tell it bigger than it is — better, worse, larger, more . “There were a million people” when there were two hundred. Children exaggerate; exaggerate; we all exaggerate when we are angry or trying to be funny. It is not always a cold lie: people often know they are stretching, and listeners often know too. But in serious talk, to accuse someone of exaggerating is to say they are not being fair with the size of the thing. The old Latin picture is “heap it up” — pile more on. Used in both careful writing and everyday talk.
誇大、誇張
組成From Latin exaggerō, “to heap up, enlarge”: ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō (“to heap”), from agger (a pile or mound). English uses the -ate verb ending.
同家族的字
- exaggerationthe noun: the stretched claim, or the habit of stretching
- exaggeratedthe adjective: made to seem bigger than it is
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
exaggerateverb/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
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To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
- I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!
- He said he’d slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he’s exaggerating. The real number is about ten.
exaggerateadj/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
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Exaggerative; overblown.
- And in general, if it is a natural feeling, let it be, but at normal, living levels, not too exaggerate.
- Water was invading, like some loving arms, some protecting wings, but its love and care were too exaggerate, they were deadly.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。