overstatement
英 [ˈəʊvəsteɪtmənt]
美 [ˈoʊvərsteɪtmənt]
n. 夸张; 夸大; 言过其实
BNC.34618 / COCA.21604
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 夸张；夸大；言过其实
If you refer to the way something is described isan overstatement, you mean it is described in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.- This may have been an improvement, but 'breakthrough' was an overstatement...
这算得上是一个改进吧，但说是“突破”就言过其实了。 - True emotion ought not to require overstatement.
真实的感情不应当需要过分渲染。
- This may have been an improvement, but 'breakthrough' was an overstatement...
英英释义
noun
- making to seem more important than it really is
双语例句
- To say that everybody had a blast is a gross overstatement, I know at least three people left early because of boredom.
说大家都玩得很开心也太夸张了。我知道至少有三个人因为觉得无聊而提早离开了。 - It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.
说危机当头绝非危言耸听。 - Secondly, the romantic way of expression includes elaboration, fiction, overstatement, imagination and advocating odd deceitful.
其次，是浪漫主义的表现手法，主要包括铺陈夸张、虚构想象、崇尚奇谲。 - The "friends" was, of course, an overstatement.
“朋友”这个词儿当然有点言过其词。 - It would not be the slightest bit of an overstatement to say that the study of humanities at its very core is man.
可以不夸张地说，所有人文科学，归根到底都是关于“人”自身的科学。 - On the other hand, the claim that Tangxin is a master amounts to an overstatement when it comes to comparison with Chukochen.
另一方面，当与竺可桢相比的时候，把汤昕称作大师的说法就显得不合实际了。 - It would be an overstatement to say that Lewis deserved to win the race.
说刘易斯该赢得这次比赛是言过其实。 - It is no overstatement ( exaggeration) to say that learning to cooperate with others is the key factor in one's career.
可以毫不夸张地说学会如何合作在一个人的职业中是至关重要的因素。因素。 - This is not an overstatement, as studies have proven that during times of crisis, humour can provide a vital way of relieving a sense of frustration and powerlessness.
这可一点儿也没夸大，有研究显示，在面对危机时，幽默能让人宣泄他们的挫折与无助感。 - The mixture of overstatement, banter, humorous joking, imitation and irony makes Dong Xis creation of novels a superficial phenomenon of amusement.
夸张、调侃、戏仿、反讽等手法的杂糅，使得东西小说的创作呈现出“搞笑”的叙述表象。