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 would be an overstatement to say that Lewis deserved to win the race.
  说刘易斯该赢得这次比赛是言过其实。
• 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。
• Elementary Analysis of the Motives and Main Means of Profit Overstatement by the Listed Enterprises of Our Country
  浅析我国上市公司利润包装的动机与主要手段
• True emotion ought not to require overstatement.
  真实的感情不应当需要过分渲染。
• It would not be the slightest bit of an overstatement to say that the study of humanities at its very core is man.
  可以不夸张地说，所有人文科学，归根到底都是关于“人”自身的科学。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
  说危机当头绝非危言耸听。