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pad something out
phrasal verb with padverbuk /pæd/ us /pæd/-dd-
If you pad out a speech or piece of writing, you add unnecessary words or information to make it longer or to hide the fact that you are not saying anything very important.（用多余的内容）拉长，扩充（讲话或文章）;掩饰（内容的空洞）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
bloviate
blow something out of proportionidiom
cartoonish
cartoonishly
catastrophize
fulsome
go overboardidiom
inflated
make a mountain out of a molehillidiom
make little of somethingidiom
make much of somethingidiom
make something of something/someone
meal
mildly
minimization
OTT
protest too muchidiom
romanticize
underplay
underrate
pad sth out | Business English
pad sth out
phrasal verb with padverb[ T ]uk /pæd/us-dd-
UK
to add words, information, etc. to make something seem longer or better:
She had to pad the presentation out to make it last half an hour.
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