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Overstate State 无 əuvə'Steit V.夸张,对…言过其实 英 V 夸张,对...言过其实

单词 overstate
音标 ['əuvə'steit]
解释 v.夸张,对…言过其实
红宝书 【英】 v. 夸张,对...言过其实 ( aggrandize)
【记】 over(过分)+state (陈述)
字源 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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