overstate
英 [??v?'ste?t]
美[,ov?'stet]
- vt. 夸張；夸大的敘述
CET6TEM8GRE低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?overstates;過(guò)去式:?overstated;過(guò)去分詞:?overstated;現(xiàn)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(guò)，過(guò)度，state,陳述，描述。即過(guò)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(yǔ)例句
- 1. He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
- 他一談?wù)伪懔饔诳淇淦湔劇?/dd>
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Don't overstate your case.
- 不要把你的情況夸大了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. It is hard to overstate the magnitude of the turnaround.
- 其轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)的幅度之大,不論怎樣形容也不算過(guò)分.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. It is possible to overstate the benefits of stabilization.
- 穩(wěn)定性帶來(lái)的好處有可能被夸大.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Some visitors to China and, say free - speech advocates overstate the censors'power.
- 一些去過(guò)中國(guó)的人(還有許多中國(guó)人)表示, 言論自由的倡導(dǎo)人夸大了審查機(jī)構(gòu)的權(quán)力.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)