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
- It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
说危机当头绝非危言耸听。 - Valuation deals with potential overstatement and completeness with unrecorded transactions and files.
评价处理那些可能出现的多余事务或文件，而完整性则处理不被包含的事务和文件。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The "friends" was, of course, an overstatement.
“朋友”这个词儿当然有点言过其词。