overstate
英 [??v?'ste?t]
美[,ov?'stet]
- vt. 夸張；夸大的敘述
CET6TEM8GRE低頻詞
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?overstates;過去式:?overstated;過去分詞:?overstated;現在分詞:?overstating;名詞:?overstatement;
助記提示
1. over- "beyond, above normal, above the fact" + state "敘述、講述".
中文詞源
overstate 夸大
over-,超過，過度，state,陳述，描述。即過度描述，夸大其辭。
英文詞源
- overstate (v.)
- 1630s, "assume too much grandeur;" see over- + state (n.1). Meaning "state too strongly" is attested from 1798, from state (v.). Related: Overstated, overstating.
雙語例句
- 1. He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
- 他一談政治便流于夸夸其談。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Don't overstate your case.
- 不要把你的情況夸大了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It is hard to overstate the magnitude of the turnaround.
- 其轉機的幅度之大,不論怎樣形容也不算過分.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It is possible to overstate the benefits of stabilization.
- 穩定性帶來的好處有可能被夸大.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Some visitors to China and, say free - speech advocates overstate the censors'power.
- 一些去過中國的人(還有許多中國人)表示, 言論自由的倡導人夸大了審查機構的權力.
來自互聯網