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。

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。

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。

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。

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。