exaggerate [give] embellishment to a story; add highly coloured details to a story; add inflammatory details to (a story)
Example Sentences:
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Although it had such an insignificant beginning, the rumour had grown and increased in detail and importance day by day . 尽管谣言的起因是如此不足为凭，但东传西传便渐渐加油添醋，增加了重要的内容。
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They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments, of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause . 他们一起在尸体旁边聊天，加油添醋地谈她缠绵枕席时种种轶闻，以及生病的真正的或想象的原因。
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It ' s ok ! everyone < i > bends the truth < p > a little at job interviews 这没啥了不起！每个人在面试时多少会加油添醋一番。
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I asked him to tell the simple truth and not to embellish it with ideas of his own 我请他说出细节，不要以自己的想法加油添醋。
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You have been charged with falsehood ; defend yourself to me as well as you can . say whatever your memory suggests as true ; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing 你被指责为说谎，那你就在我面前尽力为自己辩护吧，凡是你记得的事实你都说，可别加油添醋，夸大其词。 ”
