overstatement

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt.mənt]
• 美式音标 [ˈəʊ.vəˌsteɪt.mənt]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.夸大其词；大话

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Perhaps it would be a mild overstatement to say this is exciting stuff, but it will get more interesting as we go.
  也许，说这些数据令人兴奋未免有些夸大其辞，但随着我们向前进展，事情会逐渐有趣起来。
• One told a customer that her genes meant that she was “in the high risk of pretty much getting” breast cancer—a wild overstatement.
  有些人还会告诉消费者她的基因组信息显示“她处于患乳腺癌的高风险之中”——这是一种无知的夸大。
• But over time the latter has consistently been revised up, suggesting that any overstatement is modest.
  但是经过一段时间，后者会被一致地修改，这表明任何夸大其实都是在适度的范围内。

原声例句

• "There is,I think we can say with certainty, that there is not much interest, this is an overstatement.

权威例句

• United States ruled that a basis overstatement gives the IRS its coveted six years.
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• To say that it will have a major effect on our psychological well-being would be overstatement.
  FORBES: Starbucks' Power Over Us Is Bigger Than Coffee: It's Personal.
• Yes, I know that seems like an overstatement today, but broadcasters will do anything for a buck.
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词组短语

短语

• overstatement of 应计收入的夸大
• overstatement n 估值过高
• profit overstatement 利润包装
• Tectonic Overstatement 极端建构
• overstatement of liabilities 翻译;虚台负责

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• the act of describing or explaining something in a way that makes it seem more important or more serious than it really is

柯林斯英英字典

• If you refer to the way something is described is an overstatement, you mean it is described in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.

专业释义

语言学

• 夸张

  Chapter one explores the clasification and semantic features of overstatement.
  第一章探讨了夸张的主要类别及语义要素。

  经济学

• 高报盈余错误