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

• 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。
• It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
  难以用语言表达我的满足。
• 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。
• The authors are careful not to overstate their conclusions.
  作者非常谨慎的并不对自己的结论进行一丝夸张。
• 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。
• 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。
• It would be a mistake to overstate the shift.
  过分强调权利的转变是错误地。
• She was anxious to overstate her real social status.
  她急于夸大自己的实际社会地位。
• Some ambitious divisional managers habitually overstate their investment opportunities.
  一些雄心勃勃的部门管理者习惯性的夸大他们的投资机会。
• 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。