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

• To say that everybody had a blast is a gross overstatement, I know at least three people left early because of boredom.
  说大家都玩得很开心也太夸张了。我知道至少有三个人因为觉得无聊而提早离开了。
• 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。
• This is not an overstatement, as studies have proven that during times of crisis, humour can provide a vital way of relieving a sense of frustration and powerlessness.
  这可一点儿也没夸大，有研究显示，在面对危机时，幽默能让人宣泄他们的挫折与无助感。
• 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。
• 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。
• Valuation deals with potential overstatement and completeness with unrecorded transactions and files.
  评价处理那些可能出现的多余事务或文件，而完整性则处理不被包含的事务和文件。
• It is interesting that many artists almost deal with the sideline every day, but did not realize its role and value, this is not an overstatement.
  有意思的是很多艺术家几乎天天都在与边线打交道，却没有意识到它的作用跟价值，这绝非言过其实。
• 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。
• The "friends" was, of course, an overstatement.
  “朋友”这个词儿当然有点言过其词。
• 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。