overstatement

英 [ˈəʊvəsteɪtmənt]

美 [ˈoʊvərsteɪtmənt]

n.  夸张; 夸大; 言过其实

复数：overstatements　

经济

BNC.34618 / COCA.21604

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 夸张；夸大；言过其实
  If you refer to the way something is described isan overstatement, you mean it is described in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.
  1. This may have been an improvement, but 'breakthrough' was an overstatement...
     这算得上是一个改进吧，但说是“突破”就言过其实了。
  2. True emotion ought not to require overstatement.
     真实的感情不应当需要过分渲染。

英英释义

noun

• making to seem more important than it really is
  Synonym:exaggerationmagnification

双语例句

• Secondly, the romantic way of expression includes elaboration, fiction, overstatement, imagination and advocating odd deceitful.
  其次，是浪漫主义的表现手法，主要包括铺陈夸张、虚构想象、崇尚奇谲。
• The characters in the film adopt the strategies like overstatement or repetition to express their real intentions.
  电影中人物采取一些策略如过量陈述，含蓄陈述或重复法来表达其真实意图。
• We believe it is an overstatement to consider that raising pigeons in public squares expresses an increase people's environmental awareness.
  我们认为，把放养广场鸽看成人们环保意识增强的体现言过其实了。
• Even assuming that a goal is truly worthy, it is an extremely broad overstatement to say that just because a certain goal is worthy, then whatever it takes to reach that goal is justifiable.
  即使假定某个目标的确是值得追求的，但如果有人说因为某个目标值得追求所以不管采取什么手段达到这一目标都是正当的，那么，这便是一种过于宽泛的夸张说法。
• It is no overstatement to say that Internet has revolutionized the way we live, work, study and play.
  可以毫不夸张地说，没有广告的生活对一个现代人来说是无法想象的。
• On the other hand, the claim that Tangxin is a master amounts to an overstatement when it comes to comparison with Chukochen.
  另一方面，当与竺可桢相比的时候，把汤昕称作大师的说法就显得不合实际了。
• Perhaps it would be a mild overstatement to say this is exciting stuff, but it will get more interesting as we go.
  也许，说这些数据令人兴奋未免有些夸大其辞，但随着我们向前进展，事情会逐渐有趣起来。
• Later she changes her writing style obviously in The Red Mushroom and The Only Sun from the pursuit of poetic depiction to realistic description, from romantic writing to impudent overstatement.
  近期的《红蘑菇》《只有一个太阳》等作品在创作风格上有了明显的变化，从诗情的追求转向反诗情，从浪漫诗意化的写作转向夸张的粗鄙化的叙述。
• According to the theory of information signaling, big-bath charges frequently indicate that the management of listed company attempts to convey to the securities market such information: profits in the prior years have been overstated, resulting in overstatement of assets or understatement of liabilities.
  根据信号发送理论，上市公司报告巨额亏损，往往意味着其高管人员向证券市场传输了这样的一种信息：上市公司以前年度虚增了利润并由此高估了资产或低估了负债。
• Elementary Analysis of the Motives and Main Means of Profit Overstatement by the Listed Enterprises of Our Country
  浅析我国上市公司利润包装的动机与主要手段