pile on

phrasal verb

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pile on

(especially of a person’s weight尤指体重) to increase quickly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。

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。
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。
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。

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。