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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The characters in the film adopt the strategies like overstatement or repetition to express their real intentions.
电影中人物采取一些策略如过量陈述,含蓄陈述或重复法来表达其真实意图。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - On the other hand, the claim that Tangxin is a master amounts to an overstatement when it comes to comparison with Chukochen.
另一方面,当与竺可桢相比的时候,把汤昕称作大师的说法就显得不合实际了。 - The "friends" was, of course, an overstatement.
“朋友”这个词儿当然有点言过其词。 - From the view of the international economic strategy, it is made an overstatement so that we should be vigilant to it as a trick of a few developed countries to seek hegemony.
从国际经济战略层面看,经济全球化被说得过分了,要警惕它被扭曲成为少数发达国家企图化解多极化趋势,谋求霸权的一种手段。