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 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。
• People won't believe you if you overstate your case.
  你要是把自己的情况说得太过分了，别人就不会相信。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
  难以用语言表达我的满足。
• 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。
• Indeed, it is difficult to overstate the value of one-to-one training, mentoring and counseling.
  的确，我们也很难用只言片语来概括我们需要的一对一培训、辅导和咨询解答。
• 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。
• I think you can never overstate one to the exclusion of the other.
  我想永远都不能过度强调其中一个，偏废另一个。