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

• 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。
• 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。
• It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
  难以用语言表达我的满足。
• 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 hard to overstate the impact Ming Cho Lee has had on the world of theater design.
  你怎么称赞李名觉对戏剧设计界的影响都不为过。
• Rural desperation is hard to overstate.
  印度农村的绝望境况怎么形容也不为过。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was anxious to overstate her real social status.
  她急于夸大自己的实际社会地位。