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
Collins.1 / BNC.14027 / COCA.10668
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- He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。 - The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated .
这一罪行的严重性怎么说也不为过。
- He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
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.- 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。 - The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。
- The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
英英释义
verb
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
双语例句
- It would be a mistake to overstate the shift.
过分强调权利的转变是错误地。 - 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。 - 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。 - Its difficult to overstate the importance of sleep to increasing your emotional intelligence and managing your stress levels.
实际上很难通过言语去夸大睡眠对提高情商和控制压力的重要性。 - So a man may overstate what he has to make himself appear more desirable to a woman.
所以一个男人可能夸大他所拥有的东西，让自己显得更能让女人动心。 - 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。 - She was anxious to overstate her real social status.
她急于夸大自己的实际社会地位。 - 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 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。 - A majority of physicians ( 84 percent) said in general, patients do not overstate allergy symptoms.
大部分的内科医生（84%）认为一般而言，病人不会夸大过敏症症状。