overstatement

[美國]/ˌəuvə'steitmənt/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 誇張言辭,言過其實
Word Forms

例句

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

他聲稱是世界上最好的球員是言過其實。

She made an overstatement about the success of her project.

她誇大了她項目的成功。

The politician's promises seemed like an overstatement.

政治家的承諾看起來像是言過其實。

To say that she is perfect would be an overstatement.

說她完美是言過其實。

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

公司的利潤率由於會計錯誤而言過其實。

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

談論他的成就時,他往往言過其實。

The advertisement's claims were clearly an overstatement.

廣告的宣傳顯然是言過其實。

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

她對事件的描述是對事實的誇大。

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

公司CEO關於公司成功的陳述是言過其實。

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

這部電影的標語是對其質量的誇大。

原聲例句

Mr Simms is prone to overstatement, for example.

比如Simms易於言過其實。

來源: The Economist - Arts

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

“這肯定有些誇大其辭吧。”

來源: 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.

庫存多計的40萬美元使得我們的銷售成本少計了40萬。

來源: Comprehensive Guide to Financial English Speaking

But do you think that's an overstatement?

但你認爲這是誇大其詞嗎?

來源: Financial Times Podcast

Well, " good" is probably an overstatement.

要說" 沒事" 可能有點過於樂觀了。

來源: Homeland Season 2

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

這是誇大、輕描淡寫還是差不多正確?

來源: Freakonomics

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

讓我們來看看誇大其詞可能是什麼樣子的。

來源: 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.

毫不誇張地說,我們的生命——以及地球上所有其他生物的生命——都依賴於植物。

來源: Crash Course Botany

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

但毫不誇張地說, 古生代造就了今天的生活。

來源: 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.

現在, 我們知道這是誇大其詞,但重點是150萬億、100萬億,這是很多錢。

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

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