overstated

英 [ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪtɪd]

v.  夸大; 夸张; 言过其实
overstate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：overstated　

COCA.41692

柯林斯词典

• VERB 夸大；对…言过其实
  If you say that someoneis overstatingsomething, you mean they are describing it in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.
  1. The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
     这些作者无疑夸大了实情以吸引公众的注意力。
  2. The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
     健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。

英英释义

adj

• represented as greater than is true or reasonable
  1. an exaggerated opinion of oneself
  Synonym:exaggeratedoverdone

双语例句

• For now, both fears are overstated.
  目前看来，这两种担忧都有些过了。
• His claim about the number of people killed in the spring forest fire was evidently overstated.
  他所说的春天森林大火中的死亡人数显然是夸张了的。
• The economic and societal importance of this cannot be overstated.
  这种组织的经济社会重要性不能被过分夸大。
• But I believe this negative mood is overstated.
  但我认为，这种消极情绪有些言过其实。
• It increasingly looks as though earlier estimates of long-term economic growth were seriously overstated.
  人们越来越觉得，先前有关长期经济增长的预期好像被严重高估。
• But this risk is usually overstated.
  但是，汇率风险通常被夸大了。
• Yet the threat to the dollar can be overstated.
  然而，美元面临的威胁可能被夸大了。
• The benefits of GM crops must not be overstated.
  转基因作物的利益也绝不能夸大。
• The importance of accurate estimation to a RUP project cannot be overstated.
  RUP项目中评估精度的重要性不能被夸大。
• The second-quarter gross domestic product results were good, but their significance should not be overstated.
  第二季度的国内生产总值（gdp）数据确实不错，但我们不应夸大它们的重要性。