/ɪgˈzædʒəreɪt ||; ɪgˈzædʒəˌret/verb [I,T] to make sth seem larger, better, worse, etc than it really is 夸大: Don't exaggerate. I was only two minutes late, not twenty. 别夸大，我只迟到了两分钟，不是二十分钟。The problems have been greatly exaggerated. 这些问题被大大地夸大了。 ➔exaggeration /ɪgˌzædʒəˈreɪʃn ||; ɪgˌzædʒəˈreʃən/ noun [C,U] It's rather an exaggeration to say that all the students are lazy. 说所有的学生都懒惰，实在是言过其实了。