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

• 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。
• 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。
• It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
  说危机当头绝非危言耸听。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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, 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。
• 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。
• The "friends" was, of course, an overstatement.
  “朋友”这个词儿当然有点言过其词。
• 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。