overstate

US [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪt]
UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsteɪt]
  • v.夸大；夸张；言过其实
  • Web夸大的叙述；高估；把…讲得过分
Simple Present：overstates  Present Participle：overstating  Past Tense：overstated  

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overstate
v.
1.
~ sth
夸大；夸张；言过其实to say sth in a way that makes it seem more important than it really is
He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。
The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated .
这一罪行的严重性怎么说也不为过。

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AllAll,夸大夸大,夸张夸张,言过其实言过其实,夸大的叙述夸大的叙述,高估高估,把…讲得过分把…讲得过分
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1.
It's hard to overstate the rate of change; even recent arrivals point to shopping malls where neighborhoods stood just a few years ago.
并非是夸大这发展的速度；即使近期迁入的人指出小区所在的大型购物中心也就几年前所建。
bìng fēi shì kuā dà zhè fā zhǎn de sù dù ; jí shǐ jìn qī qiān rù de rén zhǐ chū xiǎo qū suǒ zài de dà xíng gòu wù zhōng xīn yě jiù jǐ nián qián suǒ jiàn 。
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2.
"I would not overstate this threat, " he said. "It is not as significant as the global threat of Islamist extremism, but it is real. "
利伯曼说：“我不会夸大威胁。这不像伊斯兰极端主义所构成的全球威胁那样巨大，它是真实的。”
lì bó màn shuō : " wǒ bú huì kuā dà wēi xié 。 zhè bù xiàng yī sī lán jí duān zhǔ yì suǒ gòu chéng de quán qiú wēi xié nà yàng jù dà , tā shì zhēn shí de 。 "
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3.
But it would be easy to overstate both the problems facing Ms Rousseff and the odds that she will fail to solve them.
不过罗塞夫所面临的问题很容易被夸大，而对她能顺利解决问题的可能性则信心不足。
bú guò luó sài fū suǒ miàn lín de wèn tí hěn róng yì bèi kuā dà , ér duì tā néng shùn lì jiě jué wèn tí de kě néng xìng zé xìn xīn bù zú 。
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4.
There are any number of ways to overstate a bit of pop culture, but overstating a show about nothing is perhaps the easiest.
夸大流行文化有很多方法，但夸大一个无关紧要的节目可能是最容易的。
kuā dà liú xíng wén huà yǒu hěn duō fāng fǎ , dàn kuā dà yī gè wú guān jǐn yào de jié mù kě néng shì zuì róng yì de 。
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5.
I can't overstate how much easier it is to remember something you say, hear and read than something you simply read.
相比仅仅去读，我不会夸张说去记住你说的听的读的东西是多么的容易。
xiāng bǐ jǐn jǐn qù dú , wǒ bú huì kuā zhāng shuō qù jì zhù nǐ shuō de tīng de dú de dōng xi shì duō me de róng yì 。
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6.
And like many banks, HSBC argues that there is at least some chance mark-to-market losses overstate the ultimate impairments it will face.
和很多的银行一样，汇丰认为至少有一些可能使市值损失夸大了他所面临的损失。
hé hěn duō de yín háng yí yàng , huì fēng rèn wéi zhì shǎo yǒu yī xiē kě néng shǐ shì zhí sǔn shī kuā dà le tā suǒ miàn lín de sǔn shī 。
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7.
As this report has used a very broad definition, it may overstate the extent to which overlap exists.
由于本报告使用了很广的定义，可能会夸大重叠的程度。
yóu yú běn bào gào shǐ yòng le hěn guǎng de dìng yì , kě néng huì kuā dà chóng dié de chéng dù 。
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8.
WorldCom , the largest of these , was found to have used illegal accounting practices to overstate its profits by billions of dollars .
其中最大者，被发现非法做账来夸大利润达数十亿美元之巨。
qí zhōng zuì dà zhě , bèi fā xiàn fēi fǎ zuò zhàng lái kuā dà lì rùn dá shù shí yì měi yuán zhī jù 。
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9.
It's hard to overstate the importance to the patient's quality of life of each day that they remain free of liver cancer.
无瘤生存的每一天对于肝癌患者来说其重要性在夸大都不过分。
wú liú shēng cún de měi yī tiān duì yú gān ái huàn zhě lái shuō qí zhòng yào xìng zài kuā dà dōu bù guò fèn 。
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10.
The direct and indirect influences of his thinking on contemporary monetary economics would be difficult to overstate.
他的思想对当代货币经济学有着直接或间接的影响，而这些影响是很难估算的。
tā de sī xiǎng duì dāng dài huò bì jīng jì xué yǒu zhe zhí jiē huò jiàn jiē de yǐng xiǎng , ér zhè xiē yǐng xiǎng shì hěn nán gū suàn de 。
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