overstated是什么意思？

overstated

• v. 夸大（某事）( overstate的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• And the significance of this development cannot be overstated. 事态变化的重要性不能被夸大.
• But his critics often missed his virtues and overstated his faults. 不过批评他的人常常注意不到他的美德,也夸大了他的缺点.
• The threat of financial mercantilism can be overstated. 金融重商主义的危害也许有点危言耸听.
• The importance of health education cannot be overstated. 健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。
• 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。

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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. represented as greater than is true or reasonable;
  "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"