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

• 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。
• Exaggerate and overstate problems.
  夸张夸大问题。
• Rural desperation is hard to overstate.
  印度农村的绝望境况怎么形容也不为过。
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't want to overstate the case but this is probably the most important event in my life.
  我不想夸大其词，但此案恐怕是我一生中最重大的事件了。
• 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。
• 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。
• She's very busy so don't overstate the case-just give her the essentials.
  她很忙，所以不要陈述太多的理由，只要告诉她最重要的就行了。