1·Things aren't really that bad—she does tend to pile it on.
事情并没有那么糟糕,她的确有意夸张。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·It's probably not as bad as she says she does tend to pile it on.
大概不像她说的那么糟——她确实有意夸大事实。
3·He does pile it on: anyone would think that he's the only one with domestic problems.
他的确是夸大其词:任何人都会以为他是唯一有家庭问题的人。
4·From the pile of books on your bedside table to your well-organized shelves, whether we notice it or not, our book collections are telling a story before a single page has been turned.
不管我们是否注意到,从床头柜上的一堆书到整齐有序的书架,在翻开一页书之前,我们的藏书就在讲述着一个故事。
5·If, by contrast, everything was in a pile on the main floor, it would significantly reduce the usefulness of the library by making the search for materials virtually impossible.
如果采用相反的方式,将所有的东西都堆在一个大房间里,由于几乎不能进行资料搜索,因此会大幅度降低图书馆的有用性。
6·As I've worked on the draft of my Happiness Project book (self-promotion alert: it comes out in January), I kept a pile of all the print-outs I've made.
当我给“快乐计划”一书起草时(警告:自我推销——该书将于明年一月出版),我有一大堆自己制作的打印本。
7·Dump it all on the floor, make her try on things and give her my honest opinion of how she looks in it, then shift things into a Donate pile, Toss pile and be done with it.
把它们倒在地板上,让她试穿每一件并且对于她穿起来怎么样给她我最真诚的意见。之后把衣物分为可以捐赠的一堆,可以扔掉的一堆,把它们了结掉。
8·In my family it was always a really special day and whenever it was anybody's birthday we would have a huge breakfast, with balloons, banners, a big cake and a pile of presents on the table.
在我的家庭里生日总是非常特别的一天,不管那天是谁的生日,我们都会举行一个盛大的早餐,有气球、横幅、大蛋糕还有桌上一堆的礼物。
9·It landed on a pile of firewood where the yellow yolk burst into flames.
鸟蛋掉到一堆柴火上,蛋黄随即迸发出黄色的火焰。
10·Would it not be a paying investment to put stamps on the huge pile of manuscripts under the table and start them on their travels again?
若是把他堆积在桌子底下的那一大堆稿件全部贴上邮票,重新打发出去旅行,会不会得到什么回报呢?