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　

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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
  1. He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
     他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。
  2. The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated .
     这一罪行的严重性怎么说也不为过。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
     健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。

英英释义

verb

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  1. tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
  Synonym:exaggerateoverdrawhyperbolizehyperbolisemagnifyamplify

双语例句

• It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
  难以用语言表达我的满足。
• People won't believe you if you overstate your case.
  你要是把自己的情况说得太过分了，别人就不会相信。
• The impact that Amazon has had on the way people buy things is difficult to overstate.
  亚马逊对人们购物习惯的影响，无论怎么说都不夸张。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is possible to overstate the benefits of stabilization.
  稳定性带来的好处有可能被夸大。
• Indeed, it is difficult to overstate the value of one-to-one training, mentoring and counseling.
  的确，我们也很难用只言片语来概括我们需要的一对一培训、辅导和咨询解答。
• I think we overstate experience, because it doesn't exactly fit the situation you're in.
  我想，我们夸大的经验，因为它会不刚好完全就符合你所处于的处境。
• She was anxious to overstate her real social status.
  她急于夸大自己的实际社会地位。
• As Mr Lampton points out, just as Americans overstate china's export prowess as a source of economic power, so they underestimate china's intellectual, cultural and diplomatic influence.
  正如兰伯顿所指出的，美国夸大了中国作为经济强国的内在出口动力，这样一来就低估了中国的知识、文化与外交影响。