overstated
英 [ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd]
美 [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪtɪd]
v. 夸大; 夸张; 言过其实
overstate的过去分词和过去式
过去分词:overstated
COCA.41692
柯林斯词典
- VERB 夸大;对…言过其实
If you say that someoneis overstatingsomething, you mean they are describing it in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.- 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。 - The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。
- The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
英英释义
adj
- represented as greater than is true or reasonable
- an exaggerated opinion of oneself
双语例句
- It increasingly looks as though earlier estimates of long-term economic growth were seriously overstated.
人们越来越觉得,先前有关长期经济增长的预期好像被严重高估。 - But such risks might be overstated.
但是,这一风险似乎被夸大了。 - Yet the threat to the dollar can be overstated.
然而,美元面临的威胁可能被夸大了。 - The significance of this meeting cannot be overstated.
不能把会议的意义过分夸大。 - The importance of accurate estimation to a RUP project cannot be overstated.
RUP项目中评估精度的重要性不能被夸大。 - His claim about the number of people killed in the spring forest fire was evidently overstated.
他所说的春天森林大火中的死亡人数显然是夸张了的。 - The importance of eye-catching technology can also be overstated.
人们可能还夸大了抓人眼球的技术的重要性。 - Some globocrats think the importance of forums like Davos is overstated.
一些全球大佬认为达沃斯论坛之流的重要性被高估了。 - The economic and societal importance of this cannot be overstated.
这种组织的经济社会重要性不能被过分夸大。 - The importance of these cash flows in generating investor returns cannot be overstated.
现金流在产生股东回报中的重要性怎么评价也不为过。