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
- 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。 - She was anxious to overstate her real social status.
她急于夸大自己的实际社会地位。 - Rural desperation is hard to overstate.
印度农村的绝望境况怎么形容也不为过。 - 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。 - 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。 - It would be a mistake to overstate the shift.
过分强调权利的转变是错误地。 - It is difficult to overstate the significance of this, or the potential hidden costs.
银行此举的影响或其潜在隐性成本难以估量。 - But still, we can't even overstate how exciting this discovery was.
是个非常小的数，尽管如此，这仍然是个十分，激动人心的发现，他的导师，as，I，mentioned。 - 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。 - Exaggerate and overstate problems.
夸张夸大问题。