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 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。
• 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 ( 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。
• It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
  说危机当头绝非危言耸听。
• 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。
• 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。
• True emotion ought not to require overstatement.
  真实的感情不应当需要过分渲染。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。