overstatement
英 [ˈəʊvəsteɪtmənt]
美 [ˈoʊvərsteɪtmənt]
n. 夸张; 夸大; 言过其实
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.- 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。 - True emotion ought not to require overstatement.
真实的感情不应当需要过分渲染。
- This may have been an improvement, but 'breakthrough' was an overstatement...
英英释义
noun
- making to seem more important than it really is
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。 - It is interesting that many artists almost deal with the sideline every day, but did not realize its role and value, this is not an overstatement.
有意思的是很多艺术家几乎天天都在与边线打交道,却没有意识到它的作用跟价值,这绝非言过其实。 - It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
说危机当头绝非危言耸听。 - 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。 - Valuation deals with potential overstatement and completeness with unrecorded transactions and files.
评价处理那些可能出现的多余事务或文件,而完整性则处理不被包含的事务和文件。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Perhaps it would be a mild overstatement to say this is exciting stuff, but it will get more interesting as we go.
也许,说这些数据令人兴奋未免有些夸大其辞,但随着我们向前进展,事情会逐渐有趣起来。 - Secondly, the romantic way of expression includes elaboration, fiction, overstatement, imagination and advocating odd deceitful.
其次,是浪漫主义的表现手法,主要包括铺陈夸张、虚构想象、崇尚奇谲。
