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Overstate State 10936.Overstate 英 əʊvə'Steɪt]美 Ovɚ'Stet 释义 Vt

正面 10936.overstate
英 [əʊvə'steɪt]美 [,ovɚ'stet]

背面
释义:
vt. 夸张;夸大的叙述
例句:
1. He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。

1. over- "beyond, above normal, above the fact" + state "叙述、讲述".
overstate 夸大over-,超过,过度,state,陈述,描述。即过度描述,夸大其辞。
overstate (v.)1630s, "assume too much grandeur;" see over- + state (n.1). Meaning "state too strongly" is attested from 1798, from state (v.). Related: Overstated, overstating."

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