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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The mixture of overstatement, banter, humorous joking, imitation and irony makes Dong Xis creation of novels a superficial phenomenon of amusement.
  夸张、调侃、戏仿、反讽等手法的杂糅，使得东西小说的创作呈现出“搞笑”的叙述表象。
• 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。
• 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。
• True emotion ought not to require overstatement.
  真实的感情不应当需要过分渲染。
• In Chapter Five, the deep-structure deviation has been studied from the aspect of contradiction, transference and overstatement.
  第五章从矛盾、转移、夸张三个角度进行了深层结构变异及其翻译的分析。
• Therefore, the analysis shows that the conventional method of using water vapour content in the atmosphere to estimate cloud water resources is very overstatement.
  因此，分析认为，以往通常采用大气中水汽含量评估人工增雨资源条件的方法，存在着不确切性。