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。 - 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。 - It is no overstatement to say that Internet has revolutionized the way we live, work, study and play.
可以毫不夸张地说，没有广告的生活对一个现代人来说是无法想象的。 - It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
说危机当头绝非危言耸听。 - It would be an overstatement to say that Lewis deserved to win the race.
说刘易斯该赢得这次比赛是言过其实。 - Even assuming that a goal is truly worthy, it is an extremely broad overstatement to say that just because a certain goal is worthy, then whatever it takes to reach that goal is justifiable.
即使假定某个目标的确是值得追求的，但如果有人说因为某个目标值得追求所以不管采取什么手段达到这一目标都是正当的，那么，这便是一种过于宽泛的夸张说法。 - 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。 - The mixture of overstatement, banter, humorous joking, imitation and irony makes Dong Xis creation of novels a superficial phenomenon of amusement.
夸张、调侃、戏仿、反讽等手法的杂糅，使得东西小说的创作呈现出“搞笑”的叙述表象。 - In Chapter Five, the deep-structure deviation has been studied from the aspect of contradiction, transference and overstatement.
第五章从矛盾、转移、夸张三个角度进行了深层结构变异及其翻译的分析。 - 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。