overstates

英 [ˌəʊvəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪts]

v.  夸大; 夸张; 言过其实
overstate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 夸大；对…言过其实
  If you say that someoneis overstatingsomething, you mean they are describing it in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.
  1. The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
     这些作者无疑夸大了实情以吸引公众的注意力。
  2. The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
     健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。

双语例句

• An international lawyer who frequents Shanghai jokes about companies with three sets of books: one for international investors ( which overstates profits); one for the taxman ( which understates profits); and one recording the truth.
  一位经常去上海的国际律师开玩笑说，企业有三本账：一本给国际投资者看（夸大利润）；一本给税务人员看（少报利润）；一本记录着实情。
• But even this overstates the case for leadership.
  但是，即便这样也还夸大了领导力。
• But lumping all ownership restrictions into the same category as out-and-out trade protectionism the blocking of cross-border flows of goods and services overstates the problem.
  但是，如果将各种所有权限制等同于彻底的贸易保护主义（阻碍商品及服务跨境流通），那就夸大了这个问题。
• Recent research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago suggests that the decline in the unemployment rate overstates the recovery of the labor market because some people who have stopped looking for work are likely to return as the recovery gains strength.
  芝加哥联邦储备银行（FederalReserveBankofChicago）最近的研究显示，失业率的下降并不足以证明劳动力市场的恢复，因为随着经济复苏势头的增强，一些本已停止找工作的人可能会重新求职。
• I suspect that this overstates Anthropology: the discipline has been somewhat introverted and has little political power.
  我认为，这高估了人类学：这一学科有些狭隘，几乎没有什么政治影响力。
• Linguistic relativism overstates its deterministic effect on culture and anthropological studies, in contrast, focus on the cultural diversity.
  语言相对论夸大了语言的强制性，人类学渲染了文化的差异性。
• An applicant, an insured or a beneficiary defrauds insurance money by cooking up the cause of an insured accident or overstates the extent of loss;
  （二）投保人、被保险人或者受益人对发生的保险事故编造虚假的原因或者夸大损失的程度，骗取保险金的；
• This overstates the true growth rate because it includes government purchases, but official household surveys suggest that real spending is growing at a still-impressive rate of9%.
  这些夸大了真实的增长，因为它包括了政府销售，但是官方家庭调查表明真实的消费以仍然给人留下深刻印象的9%增长。
• But even this overstates the economic impact because the agency primarily responsible for public works, the Department of transportation, has spent virtually nothing.
  但由于对公共建设工程负主要责任的美国交通部（departmentoftransportation）实际上分文未动，就连上述说法也夸大了刺激计划对经济的影响。
• The editorial overstates the tension in Sino-Japan relationship.
  这篇社论对中日关系的紧张程度的描述有点言过其实了。