overstate
英 [ˌəʊvəˈsteɪt]
美 [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪt]
v. 夸大; 夸张; 言过其实
过去分词:overstated 第三人称单数:overstates 现在分词:overstating 复数:overstates 过去式:overstated
Collins.1 / BNC.14027 / COCA.10668
牛津词典
verb
- 夸大;夸张;言过其实
to say sth in a way that makes it seem more important than it really is- He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。 - The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated .
这一罪行的严重性怎么说也不为过。
- He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 夸大;对…言过其实
If you say that someoneis overstatingsomething, you mean they are describing it in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.- The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
这些作者无疑夸大了实情以吸引公众的注意力。 - The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。
- The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
英英释义
verb
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
双语例句
- We are often locked in their invisible circle, because we, the risk to try to estimate, overstate before trying the has denied myself, then to10,000 "impossible" from my comfort.
我们之所以会常常被禁锢在自己的无形之圈中,是因为我们对于尝试所带来的风险过于夸大的估计,在尝试之前就已经否定了自己,然后,以一万个“不可能”来自我安慰。 - The economic importance of the property sector in China is hard to overstate.
在中国,房地产行业的经济重要性是难以用言语去表达的。 - A majority of physicians ( 84 percent) said in general, patients do not overstate allergy symptoms.
大部分的内科医生(84%)认为一般而言,病人不会夸大过敏症症状。 - The importance of fair value accounting to responsible systemic risk management is hard to overstate.
公允价值会计准则对负责任系统风险管理的重要性,怎么夸大都不为过。 - Still, the total output figures encourage observers to vastly overstate the developmental level of the Chinese economy.
不过,中国经济的总量仍然刺激着观察家们极度地夸大着它的发展水准。 - She was anxious to overstate her real social status.
她急于夸大自己的实际社会地位。 - The authors are careful not to overstate their conclusions.
作者非常谨慎的并不对自己的结论进行一丝夸张。 - Other economists say some aspects of the researchers methodology may have led them to overstate their case.
其他的经济学家说研究人员使用的方法的某些方面可能导致他们高估了他们的结论。 - It is not possible to overstate the intellectual and cultural richness that immigrants have brought to US campuses.
可以毫不夸张地说,移民丰富了美国校园的智慧和文化。 - Indeed, it is difficult to overstate the value of one-to-one training, mentoring and counseling.
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