overstate
英 [??v?'ste?t]
美 [,ov?'stet]
助記提示
1. over- "beyond, above normal, above the fact" + state "敘述、講述".
中文詞源
overstate 夸大over-,超過，過度，state,陳述，描述。即過度描述，夸大其辭。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
- 他一談?wù)伪懔饔诳淇淦湔劇?/dd>
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Don't overstate your case.
- 不要把你的情況夸大了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It is hard to overstate the magnitude of the turnaround.
- 其轉(zhuǎn)機的幅度之大,不論怎樣形容也不算過分.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It is possible to overstate the benefits of stabilization.
- 穩(wěn)定性帶來的好處有可能被夸大.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Some visitors to China and, say free - speech advocates overstate the censors'power.
- 一些去過中國的人(還有許多中國人)表示, 言論自由的倡導(dǎo)人夸大了審查機構(gòu)的權(quán)力.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)