overstate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you say that someone is overstating something, you mean they are describing it in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is. 誇大
The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention. 作者們毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)地誇大了他們的情形以吸引公衆(zhòng)的注意力。
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overstate /???v??ste?t/ (overstating,overstated,overstates)
劍橋詞典
- to describe or explain something in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is
把…講得過(guò)分,誇大
The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated. 新立法的影響被過(guò)分誇大了。
The shareholders seem to think that the executive board is overstating the case for a merger . 股東們似乎認(rèn)爲(wèi)執(zhí)行董事會(huì)在郃竝這件事上小題大做了。
反義詞
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