overstate
英 [əʊvə'steɪt]
美[,ovɚ'stet]
- vt. 夸张；夸大的叙述
词态变化
第三人称单数: overstates;过去式: overstated;过去分词: overstated;现在分词: overstating;名词: overstatement;
助记提示
1. over- "beyond, above normal, above the fact" + state "叙述、讲述".
中文词源
overstate 夸大
over-,超过，过度，state,陈述，描述。即过度描述，夸大其辞。
英英释意
- 1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
- "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
英文词源
- overstate (v.)
- 1630s, "assume too much grandeur;" see over- + state (n.1). Meaning "state too strongly" is attested from 1798, from state (v.). Related: Overstated, overstating.
考试真题
- Considering that the government's standards are not nearly ambitious enough, the picture is clear: by not cooking at home, we're not eating the right things, and the consequences are hard to overstate.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- I think that it's grossly overstated that one needs to have contact with the opposite sex right through the whole of life, in the classroom and outside the classroom and at all ages.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets, not the likely extent of bad debts.
出自-2010年考研阅读原文
- Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets not the likely extent of bad debts.
2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
- 他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。
牛津词典
- The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated .
- 这一罪行的严重性怎么说也不为过。
牛津词典
- [可数名词, 不可数名词]It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
- 说危机当头绝非危言耸听。
牛津词典
- The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
- 这些作者无疑夸大了实情以吸引公众的注意力。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
- 健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We shouldn't overstate our past achievements.
- 我们不要夸大已经取得的成绩.
期刊摘选
- We must neither ignore our problems nor overstate them.
- 我们既不要忽视双方之间的问题,也不要夸大这些问题.
期刊摘选
- Their report rather overstate.
- 他们言过其实.
期刊摘选
- Don't overstate your case.
- 不要把你的情况夸大了.
《简明英汉词典》
- In some countries, notably China, official estimates overstate the likely fiscal stimulus.
- 某些国家的官方评估数据会高估可能采取的财政刺激规模,在中国尤其是这样.
期刊摘选
- She was anxious to overstate her real social status.
- 她急于夸大自己的实际社会地位.
期刊摘选
- Present a positive and confident picture of yourself, but don't overstate your case.
- 要想别人展现一个积极和自信的面貌, 但是不要夸大其词.
期刊摘选
- The company says the sensor could overstate the amount of gasoline in the tank.
- 宝马公司说,传感器可能会过高显示油箱中的油量.
期刊摘选
- Shaking firmly to write when being homesick one may overstate careing of what continuously.
- 想家时紧握着一缕缕可夸何的牵挂.
期刊摘选
- It is hard to overstate the magnitude of the turnaround.
- 其转机的幅度之大,不论怎样形容也不算过分.
辞典例句
- Don't overstate your case or no one will believe you.
- 不要夸大自己的情况,要不没人相信你的话.
期刊摘选
- It is possible to overstate the benefits of stabilization.
- 稳定性带来的好处有可能被夸大.
辞典例句
- The importance of fair value accounting to responsible systemic risk management is hard to overstate.
- 公允价值会计准则对负责任系统风险管理的重要性,怎么夸大都不为过.
期刊摘选
- The numbers, however, rather overstate the improvement.
- 但是这些数据过高估计了增长.
期刊摘选
- Van Gogh's landscape painting , color overstate very and to be very peculiars.
- 凡高的风景画, 色彩很夸张很奇特.
期刊摘选
- But to overstate the importance of marketing, since it a business to its customers.
- 但行销的重要性,绝对没有言过其实, 因为只有靠行销才能把生意与客户拉在一起.
期刊摘选
- But why does the CPI overstate actual inflation?
- 但是为什么CPI是夸大了实际的通胀 呢 ?
期刊摘选
- He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
- 他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》