/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。