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Oversimplify Oversimplified Oversimplifying Oversimplification ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪfaɪ Verb Describe View

To oversimplify means to describe or explain something in a way that is too simple and potentially inaccurate or unreasonable.

oversimplify 使过于简单化

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oversimplify
/o͟ʊvə(r)sɪ̱mplɪfaɪ/
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[VERB 动词]使过于简单化 If you say that someone is oversimplifying something, you mean that they are describing or explaining it so simply that what they say is no longer true or reasonable.
  [V n]
  • One should not oversimplify the situation...

    不应该把形势看得过于简单化。

  • To judge trips as if they're successes or failures may be oversimplifying things.

    仅以成功或失败来判断行程可能过于简单化了。

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  • ...an oversimplified view of mathematics and the sciences.

    对数学和自然科学过于简单化的看法

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  • There is an old saying that 'we are what we eat'. Obviously this is an oversimplification.

    有这样一句古老的谚语,“吃啥像啥”。这一认识显然过于简单化了。


Oxford over·sim·plify / ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪfaɪ ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈsɪmplɪfaɪ / verb ( over·sim·pli·fies , over·sim·pli·fy·ing , over·sim·pli·fied , over·sim·pli·fied ) [transitive ,  intransitive ] oversimplify(sth) to describe a situation, a problem, etc. in a way that is too simple and ignores some of the facts 陈述过于简略;说明过于简单化 It's easy to oversimplify the issues involved. 很容易把涉及的问题看得太简单。 an oversimplified view of human nature 对人性过于简单化的看法 over·sim·pli·fi·ca·tion / ˌəʊvəˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn / noun [countable ,  usually singular ,  uncountable ] This is a gross oversimplification of the facts. 这显然把事实过分简单化了。 compare
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over·sim·plify / ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪfaɪ ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈsɪmplɪfaɪ / over·sim·pli·fi·ca·tion / ˌəʊvəˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn /
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oversimplifyo‧ver‧sim‧pli‧fy /ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪfaɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle oversimplified, present participle oversimplifying, third person singular oversimplifies) [intransitive, transitive]
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to describe something in a way that is too simple and ignores many facts:  To describe all these people as refugees is to oversimplify the situation.oversimplification /ˌəʊvəsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən $ ˌoʊvər-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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oversimplify

[ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪfaɪ]oversimplified, oversimplifying, oversimplifies

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vt.使…过分地单纯化
vi.过分地单纯化

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