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单词 overstatement
释义
overstatement
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt.mənt//ˈəʊ.vəˌsteɪt.mənt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt.mənt//ˈoʊ.vɚˌsteɪt.mənt/
theactofdescribingorexplainingsomething in a way that makes itseemmoreimportantor moreseriousthan it really is:
夸大其词；危言耸听
It would be an overstatement to say that shedeservedtowintherace.说她应该赢得这次比赛是言过其实。
Synonym
exaggeration
Opposite
understatement
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
  • alarmist
  • bloviate
  • blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
  • cartoonish
  • catastrophize
  • dramatization
  • dramatize
  • exaggerate
  • minimize
  • OTT
  • over-egg
  • overboard
  • overdramatic
  • overdramatize
  • overembellish
  • overplay
  • pile
  • proportion
  • stretch the truthidiom
  • understate
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(Definition ofoverstatementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overstatement| Business English

overstatement
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈəʊvəˌsteɪtmənt/us
astatementthat something islarger, moreimportant, or moreseriousthan it really is:
Aninternalinquiryintoaccountingirregularitiesrevealeda $70m overstatement by asubsidiarycompany.
Themistakeresultedin an overstatement ofinventory.
Compare
understatement
(Definition ofoverstatementfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverstatement

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The word 'tragedy' in the tragedy of the commons no longer seems like anoverstatementif that is correct.
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It would be anoverstatementto say that local groups were radically homogenous, whatever that would mean.
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Yet these episodes of reader response are not easily converted into general arguments-or general arguments that avoidoverstatement.
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On the other hand, claiming that patients lack conscious experience is also anoverstatement.
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And it is open to us, if challenged, to supply further instances ofoverstatementfrom the same body of materials.
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In particular, we identify two issues : the omitted cost problem and theoverstatementof the retirement response.
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It is not anoverstatementto say that this book presents a more socially oriented and synthetic approach to discourse for the twenty-first century.
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Moreover, the main characteristic of demarcations by such organisations is theiroverstatementof their case.
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This trend towards hastyoverstatementcan sometimes derail an argument.
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This is a bit of a rhetoricaloverstatement.
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This was, of course, anoverstatementand it needs correction.
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Similar overstatements and factual errors occasionally weaken otherwise insightful arguments.
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However, there is anoverstatementof pollution from these sources since we are attributing all the pollution to industry.
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It is also anoverstatementto suggest that ' traditional trading patterns collapsed ' with the advent of colonialism (p. 3).
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Again, this seems to be anoverstatement.
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