pile on
phrasal verbpile on
- (especially of a person’s weight
尤指体重 剧增；猛增 - The weight just piled on while I was abroad.
我出国期间体重一个劲地增加。
- The weight just piled on while I was abroad.
pile something on
- to make something increase rapidly
使迅速增加；猛增 - The team piled on the points in the first half of the game.
球队在上半场连连得分。 - I've been piling on the pounds (= I have put on weight) recently.
我最近体重猛增。
- The team piled on the points in the first half of the game.
- to express a feeling in a much stronger way than is necessary
夸张；夸大其词 - Don't pile on the drama!
别再添油加醋了！ - 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。
- Don't pile on the drama!
- to give somebody more or too much of something
过度施加；猛增某物 - The German team piled on the pressure in the last 15 minutes.
在最后 15 分钟，德国队施加了强大的压力。
- The German team piled on the pressure in the last 15 minutes.
pile something on(to) somebody
- to give somebody a lot of something to do, carry, etc.
给…增加工作；使负担加重 - He felt his boss was piling too much work on him.
他觉得上司派给他的工作太多。
- He felt his boss was piling too much work on him.