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单词 overstate
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overstate
verb[T]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt/
todescribeorexplainsomething in a way that makes itseemmoreimportantorseriousthan it really is:
把…讲得过分，夸大
Theimpactof the newlegislationhas beengreatlyoverstated.新立法的影响被过分夸大了。
Theshareholdersseemtothinkthat theexecutiveboardis overstating thecasefor amerger.股东们似乎认为执行董事会在合并这件事上小题大做了。
Synonym
exaggerate
Opposites
downplay
minimize
understate
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
  • bloviate
  • blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
  • cartoonish
  • catastrophize
  • dramatization
  • dramatize
  • exaggerate
  • minimize
  • OTT
  • over-egg
  • overboard
  • overdramatic
  • overdramatize
  • overembellish
  • overplay
  • overstatement
  • pile
  • proportion
  • stretch the truthidiom
  • understate
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(Definition ofoverstatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overstate| American Dictionary

overstate
verb[T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈsteɪt/
tostatesomething toostrongly, or tostatethat it isgreaterthan it really is:
Theprospectof atradewarisvastlyoverstated.
(Definition ofoverstatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

overstate| Business English

overstate
verb[T]
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪt/us
todescribeorexplainsomething in a way that makes itseemmoreimportantorseriousthan it really is:
Theshareholdersseemtothinkthat theexecutiveboardisoverstating thecaseforamerger.
greatly/vastly overstate sthTheimpactof the newlegislationhas beengreatlyoverstated.
Compare
understate
(Definition ofoverstatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverstate

overstate
This is repetitive and, as a result, somewhat overstated.
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The above figures mightoverstatethe number of families entitled to pension credit since they ignore the introduction of the state second pension.
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Nonetheless, two factors indicate that these advantages can be overstated.
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The interviewer's role in continuously monitoring the success of the communication process cannot be overstated, and it requires both skill and sensitivity.
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These observations, however, bothoverstateand understate the impact of inspections on inspected bodies.
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The significance of investigating the interactional employment of adverbials in situ and within naturally occurring interaction cannot be overstated.
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The importance of careful pronunciation cannot be overstated, yet in many performances it is completely overlooked or ignored.
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Moreover, while marking mechanical errors can be frustrating, the view that there is no direct connection between correction and learning is greatly overstated.
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This tactic, of course, provided the groundwork for wildly overstated claims about the epistemological adequacy of scientific methods.
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So apart from the utilitarian and aesthetic aspects of wood, its symbolic significance as representing brahman cannot be overstated.
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This infusion of federal assistance to state systems of crime control was the first of its kind and the change it wrought cannot be overstated.
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The importance of linking the drug regime with pragmatic goals can hardly be overstated; every drug prescription must in some sense be a rehabilitation intervention.
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However, the simplicity of its mechanisms for dialogue coordination may be overstated and the hypothesized direct priming channel between interlocutors' situation models is questionable.
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The 1998 table is similar to the new table that was adopted in 2004 for men but overstates mortality for women.
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This seems to me to be slightly overstating the case.
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