overstatement

英 [ˈəʊvəsteɪtmənt]

美 [ˈoʊvərsteɪtmənt]

n.  夸张; 夸大; 言过其实

复数：overstatements　

经济

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.
  1. 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。
  2. True emotion ought not to require overstatement.
     真实的感情不应当需要过分渲染。

英英释义

noun

• making to seem more important than it really is
  Synonym:exaggerationmagnification

双语例句

• It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
  说危机当头绝非危言耸听。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is not an overstatement, as studies have proven that during times of crisis, humour can provide a vital way of relieving a sense of frustration and powerlessness.
  这可一点儿也没夸大，有研究显示，在面对危机时，幽默能让人宣泄他们的挫折与无助感。
• 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。
• Later she changes her writing style obviously in The Red Mushroom and The Only Sun from the pursuit of poetic depiction to realistic description, from romantic writing to impudent overstatement.
  近期的《红蘑菇》《只有一个太阳》等作品在创作风格上有了明显的变化，从诗情的追求转向反诗情，从浪漫诗意化的写作转向夸张的粗鄙化的叙述。
• According to the theory of information signaling, big-bath charges frequently indicate that the management of listed company attempts to convey to the securities market such information: profits in the prior years have been overstated, resulting in overstatement of assets or understatement of liabilities.
  根据信号发送理论，上市公司报告巨额亏损，往往意味着其高管人员向证券市场传输了这样的一种信息：上市公司以前年度虚增了利润并由此高估了资产或低估了负债。
• It is no overstatement ( exaggeration) to say that learning to cooperate with others is the key factor in one's career.
  可以毫不夸张地说学会如何合作在一个人的职业中是至关重要的因素。因素。
• 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。
• 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。