overstatement

[美]/ˌəuvə'steitmənt/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 夸张言辞,言过其实
词形变化

例句

His claim of being the best player in the world is an overstatement.

他声称是世界上最好的球员是言过其实。

She made an overstatement about the success of her project.

她夸大了她项目的成功。

The politician's promises seemed like an overstatement.

政治家的承诺看起来像是言过其实。

To say that she is perfect would be an overstatement.

说她完美是言过其实。

The company's profit margin was an overstatement due to accounting errors.

公司的利润率由于会计错误而言过其实。

He tends to make an overstatement when talking about his accomplishments.

谈论他的成就时,他往往言过其实。

The advertisement's claims were clearly an overstatement.

广告的宣传显然是言过其实。

Her description of the event was an overstatement of the facts.

她对事件的描述是对事实的夸大。

The CEO's statement about the company's success was an overstatement.

公司CEO关于公司成功的陈述是言过其实。

The movie's tagline was an overstatement of its quality.

这部电影的标语是对其质量的夸大。

原声例句

Mr Simms is prone to overstatement, for example.

比如Simms易于言过其实。

来源: The Economist - Arts

" Surely that's a little bit of an overstatement? "

“这肯定有些夸大其辞吧。”

来源: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The overstatement of $400 000 in inventory caused us to understate our cost of sales by the same amount.

库存多计的40万美元使得我们的销售成本少计了40万。

来源: Comprehensive Guide to Financial English Speaking

But do you think that's an overstatement?

但你认为这是夸大其词吗?

来源: Financial Times Podcast

Well, " good" is probably an overstatement.

要说" 没事" 可能有点过于乐观了。

来源: Homeland Season 2

Is that an overstatement, an understatement, or maybe just about right?

这是夸大、轻描淡写还是差不多正确?

来源: Freakonomics

Let's take a look at what an overstatement might look like.

让我们来看看夸大其词可能是什么样子的。

来源: Khan Academy Open Course: English Grammar

And it's no overstatement to say our lives — and the lives of every other creature on Earth — depend on plants.

毫不夸张地说,我们的生命——以及地球上所有其他生物的生命——都依赖于植物。

来源: Crash Course Botany

But it’s no overstatement to say that the Paleozoic Era made life what it is today.

但毫不夸张地说, 古生代造就了今天的生活。

来源: Journeys Through Geologic Time

Now, we know that that's an overstatement, but the point is 150 trillion, 100 trillion, that's a lot of money.

现在, 我们知道这是夸大其词,但重点是150万亿、100万亿,这是很多钱。

来源: Selected TED Talks (Video Edition) of the Month

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