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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Therefore, it is not an overstatement to say that metadata integration is the brain of an On Demand Business.
  因此，说元数据集成是随需应变业务的“大脑”一点都不夸张。
• It is no overstatement ( exaggeration) to say that learning to cooperate with others is the key factor in one's career.
  可以毫不夸张地说学会如何合作在一个人的职业中是至关重要的因素。因素。
• 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。
• The growth is definite to happen, and the above said thing is not any overstatement.
  增长是必然的，以上所说的并非夸大。
• 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。
• From the view of the international economic strategy, it is made an overstatement so that we should be vigilant to it as a trick of a few developed countries to seek hegemony.
  从国际经济战略层面看，经济全球化被说得过分了，要警惕它被扭曲成为少数发达国家企图化解多极化趋势，谋求霸权的一种手段。