overstate
英 [??v?'ste?t]
美[,ov?'stet]
- vt. 夸張；夸大的敘述
CET6TEM8GRE低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?overstates;過去式:?overstated;過去分詞:?overstated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?overstating;名詞:?overstatement;
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。
英英釋意
- 1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
- "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
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.
考試真題
- 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月閱讀原文
- 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月聽力原文
- 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年考研閱讀原文
- 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年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
實用場景例句
- He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
- 他一談政治便流于夸夸其談。
牛津詞典
- The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated .
- 這一罪行的嚴重性怎么說也不為過。
牛津詞典
- [可數(shù)名詞, 不可數(shù)名詞]It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
- 說危機當頭絕非危言聳聽。
牛津詞典
- The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
- 這些作者無疑夸大了實情以吸引公眾的注意力。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
- 健康教育的重要性再怎么說都不為過。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- We shouldn't overstate our past achievements.
- 我們不要夸大已經(jīng)取得的成績.
期刊摘選
- We must neither ignore our problems nor overstate them.
- 我們既不要忽視雙方之間的問題,也不要夸大這些問題.
期刊摘選
- Their report rather overstate.
- 他們言過其實.
期刊摘選
- Don't overstate your case.
- 不要把你的情況夸大了.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- In some countries, notably China, official estimates overstate the likely fiscal stimulus.
- 某些國家的官方評估數(shù)據(jù)會高估可能采取的財政刺激規(guī)模,在中國尤其是這樣.
期刊摘選
- She was anxious to overstate her real social status.
- 她急于夸大自己的實際社會地位.
期刊摘選
- Present a positive and confident picture of yourself, but don't overstate your case.
- 要想別人展現(xiàn)一個積極和自信的面貌, 但是不要夸大其詞.
期刊摘選
- The company says the sensor could overstate the amount of gasoline in the tank.
- 寶馬公司說,傳感器可能會過高顯示油箱中的油量.
期刊摘選
- Shaking firmly to write when being homesick one may overstate careing of what continuously.
- 想家時緊握著一縷縷可夸何的牽掛.
期刊摘選
- 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.
辭典例句
- Don't overstate your case or no one will believe you.
- 不要夸大自己的情況,要不沒人相信你的話.
期刊摘選
- It is possible to overstate the benefits of stabilization.
- 穩(wěn)定性帶來的好處有可能被夸大.
辭典例句
- The importance of fair value accounting to responsible systemic risk management is hard to overstate.
- 公允價值會計準則對負責任系統(tǒng)風險管理的重要性,怎么夸大都不為過.
期刊摘選
- The numbers, however, rather overstate the improvement.
- 但是這些數(shù)據(jù)過高估計了增長.
期刊摘選
- Van Gogh's landscape painting , color overstate very and to be very peculiars.
- 凡高的風景畫, 色彩很夸張很奇特.
期刊摘選
- But to overstate the importance of marketing, since it a business to its customers.
- 但行銷的重要性,絕對沒有言過其實, 因為只有靠行銷才能把生意與客戶拉在一起.
期刊摘選
- But why does the CPI overstate actual inflation?
- 但是為什么CPI是夸大了實際的通脹 呢 ?
期刊摘選
- He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
- 他一談政治便流于夸夸其談。
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》