overstate是什么意思？

overstate

英[ˌəʊvəˈsteɪt] 美[ˌoʊvərˈsteɪt]

• vt. 夸大（某事），把…讲得过分，夸张；

第三人称单数：overstates;

过去式：overstated;

过去分词：overstated;

现在分词：overstating;

名词：overstatement;

例句

• Don’t overstate your case. 不要把你的情况夸大了。
• It is hard to overstate the magnitude of the turnaround. 其转机的幅度之大,不论怎样形容也不算过分.
• Don't overstate your case. 不要把你的情况夸大了.
• He tends to overstate his case when talking politics. 他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。

反义词

• vt.
  overstate的反义词之：夸张
  understate,
• overstate的反义词之：其他释义
  understate,

英语六级真题

I think that it's grossly overstated that one needs to have contact with the opposite sex right through the whole of life, in the classroom and outside the classroom and at all ages.
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  夸大；对…言过其实
  If you say that someone is overstating something, you mean they are describing it in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.
  例句
  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。 The importance of health education cannot be overstated. 健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  夸大(某事)
  Don’t overstate your case. 不要把你的情况夸大了。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
  "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

行业词典

• 法律： 高估；