overstating

英 [ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪtɪŋ]

v.  夸大; 夸张; 言过其实
overstate的现在分词

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

• I may be overstating their answer, but I got that flavor from them.
  也许我对他的回答进行了添油加醋，但是我当时就是这种感觉。
• Mr Charney has also made enemies among liberals, who accuse him of overstating his firm's progressive credentials.
  恰尼在自由主义者中也树敌不少，自由主义者们指责恰尼夸大了其公司的先进形象。
• What's happening right now in the United States-is that the economy is collapsing-maybe that's overstating it.
  现如今在美国发生的是，经济正在崩溃-，也许这是夸大这件事。
• The text of tourist material is rich in cultural connotations and overstating expressions etc.
  旅游资料语篇具有文化内涵丰富、语言表述夸张等特点。
• Exporters are also thought to be overstating their export revenues in order to dodge capital controls and bring in foreign money to invest in Chinese assets. If so, the trade surplus should stabilise in coming months.
  不过也有人认为出口商只是在夸大其出口收入以逃避资本管制，并引进国外资金投资于中国资产.若情况真如此，贸易顺差势头在未来几个月将会走稳。
• In accounting, "conservatism" means resolving uncertainty in a manner that minimizes the risk of overstating the company's current financial position.
  在会计中，稳健性原则意味着以一种尽量减少夸大公司财务现状之风险的态度处理不确定因素。
• Carson block, the founder of research group muddy waters, accused Sino forest in a report of overstating its assets and diverting money through intermediaries to defraud investors.
  浑水研究公司创始人卡森布洛克（carsonblock）在一份报告中指控嘉汉林业夸大资产，并通过中介转移资金以欺骗投资者。
• But Chinese officials have accused some foreign media of overstating problems with goods made in China.
  但中国官员也指责一些外国媒体夸大中国制造的商品存在的问题。
• In 2004, Royal Dutch Shell admitted to overstating its oil and gas reserves by 20 per cent.
  2004年，皇家壳牌（RoyalDutchShell）承认自己将旗下的油气储备夸大了20%。
• Because State Grid has a monopoly on buying and selling electricity across most of the country, it is able to justify charging end users higher electricity prices by overstating its transmission and distribution costs, according to some analysts.
  据一些分析人士说，由于国家电网在中国大部分地区的电力买卖中占据垄断地位，它能通过夸大输配电成本为自己向最终用户收取更高的电价找到理由。