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.
  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。

英英释义

adj

• represented as greater than is true or reasonable
  1. an exaggerated opinion of oneself
  Synonym:exaggeratedoverdone

双语例句

• You call him a swindler; you have overstated your point.
  你称他骗子；你言重了。
• He may have overstated his ability in the interview.
  他可能在面试中夸大了自己的能力。
• The second-quarter gross domestic product results were good, but their significance should not be overstated.
  第二季度的国内生产总值（gdp）数据确实不错，但我们不应夸大它们的重要性。
• 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。
• The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated.
  新立法产生的影响被极大地夸大了。
• But a large black market probably means the 20 per cent unemployment rate is overstated.
  但大型黑市的存在可能意味着，20%的失业率有些夸张。
• 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。
• Generating large surpluses. Worse yet, there's in the p-e ratios could be substantially overstated.
  产生了巨大的收益。更糟糕的是，股价收益率中的收益值可能被远远夸大了。
• The importance of trade in exacerbating inequality is often overstated.
  贸易在加剧不平等方面的重要性常常被夸大。
• The demise of the attractiveness of US investments has been well overstated.
  美国投资吸引力已经消失的说法言过其实了。