動(dòng)詞 exaggerate:

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

1. Don't exaggerate the parallelism between the two cases.
   不要夸大那兩件事的相似性。
2. He has an exaggerated idea of his own importance.
   他自視過(guò)高。
3. The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press.
   形勢(shì)的嚴(yán)重性被報(bào)紙夸大了。

ex.ag.ger.ate

v.（動(dòng)詞）
ex.ag.ger.at.ed,ex.ag.ger.at.ing,ex.ag.ger.ates
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate:
夸大，夸張：描述得大于實(shí)際情況；夸大敘述：
例句：
exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.
夸大了敵人的軍事力量；夸大了他本人在這一事件中的作用

To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree:
使擴(kuò)大：擴(kuò)大或增加到一不正常的程度：
例句：
thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.
夸大敘述，言過(guò)其實(shí)

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To make overstatements.
言過(guò)其實(shí)的敘述

來(lái)源：
Latin exagger3re exagger3t- [to heap up, magnify]
拉丁語(yǔ) exagger3re exagger3t- [堆起，擴(kuò)大]
ex- [intensive pref.] * see ex-
ex- [加強(qiáng)詞義的前綴] *參見(jiàn) ex-
agger3re [to pile up] from agger [pile] from aggerere [to bring to] ad- [ad-] gerere [to bring]
agger3re [堆起] 源自 agger [堆積] 源自 aggerere [帶至] ad- [增加，添加] gerere [帶來(lái)]

【引伸】
exag.gerat.edly
adv.（副詞）
exag.gera.tion
n.（名詞）
exag.gera.tive 或
exag.gerato.ry
exag.gera.tor
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>exaggerate,inflate,magnify,overstateThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to represent something as being larger or greater than it actually is.:
這些動(dòng)詞所共有的中心意思是.把某事物描述得比實(shí)際的更大.：
例句：
exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught;
吹噓他所捕到的魚(yú)的大小；

例句：
inflated her own importance;
夸張她自己的重要性；

例句：
magnifying his part in their success;
過(guò)度強(qiáng)調(diào)他在他們成功中的作用；

例句：
overstated their income on the mortgage application. minimize
在抵押申請(qǐng)中夸大他們的收入 minimize