overstate
美音:
[´əuvəs´teıt
]英音:
[´əuvəs´teıt
]vt.夸大的叙述,夸张
难易程度:
overstate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:overstated 过去分词:overstated 现在分词:overstating 第三人称单数:overstates 名词:overstate-ment
近义词, 同义词
相关词
overstate
/,əʊvə'steɪt; `ovɚ`stet/
v [Tn] express or state (sth) too strongly; exaggerate 夸大(某事); 言过其实
*Don't overstate your case or no one will believe you. 不要夸大自己的情况, 要不没人相信你的话.
* The problems have been greatly overstated. 问题过于夸大了.
overstate
v [T]to talk about something in a way that makes it seem more important, serious etc than it really is
=
exaggerate≠
understate To say that all motorists speed in residential areas is overstating the case. The importance of a child's early years cannot be overstated (=is very important) .>overstatementn [U and C] It's an overstatement to say that the man's a fool.