overstates

英 [ˌəʊvəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪts]

v.  夸大; 夸张; 言过其实
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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.
  1. 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。
  2. The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
     健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。

双语例句

• Perhaps the parable overstates the risks fully independent countries face when sharing the same currency, but then again, maybe not by so much.
  这则寓言或许夸大了完全独立的国家在使用同一种货币时所面临的风险，但话说回来，就算有所夸大，程度也不会太离谱。
• Analysts say that the official PMI overstates the role of large companies in the manufacturing sector, and that these have generally fared better than their smaller competitors.
  分析师表示，官方pmi过度强调了大型公司在制造业中的作用，而这些公司的状况要好于它们规模较小的竞争对手。
• The editorial overstates the tension in Sino-Japan relationship.
  这篇社论对中日关系的紧张程度的描述有点言过其实了。
• I suspect that this overstates Anthropology: the discipline has been somewhat introverted and has little political power.
  我认为，这高估了人类学：这一学科有些狭隘，几乎没有什么政治影响力。
• An international lawyer who frequents Shanghai jokes about companies with three sets of books: one for international investors ( which overstates profits); one for the taxman ( which understates profits); and one recording the truth.
  一位经常去上海的国际律师开玩笑说，企业有三本账：一本给国际投资者看（夸大利润）；一本给税务人员看（少报利润）；一本记录着实情。
• But lumping all ownership restrictions into the same category as out-and-out trade protectionism the blocking of cross-border flows of goods and services overstates the problem.
  但是，如果将各种所有权限制等同于彻底的贸易保护主义（阻碍商品及服务跨境流通），那就夸大了这个问题。
• But even this overstates the case for leadership.
  但是，即便这样也还夸大了领导力。
• This overstates the true growth rate because it includes government purchases, but official household surveys suggest that real spending is growing at a still-impressive rate of9%.
  这些夸大了真实的增长，因为它包括了政府销售，但是官方家庭调查表明真实的消费以仍然给人留下深刻印象的9%增长。
• Even this dismal figure overstates the case of typical Americans, as the number unable to find work or who have abandoned the search has risen.
  即使是这个令人沮丧的数字，也对一般美国人的处境有所美化，因为无法找到工作或放弃寻找工作的人数也增加了。
• Recent research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago suggests that the decline in the unemployment rate overstates the recovery of the labor market because some people who have stopped looking for work are likely to return as the recovery gains strength.
  芝加哥联邦储备银行（FederalReserveBankofChicago）最近的研究显示，失业率的下降并不足以证明劳动力市场的恢复，因为随着经济复苏势头的增强，一些本已停止找工作的人可能会重新求职。