overstating

英 [ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪtɪŋ]

v.  夸大; 夸张; 言过其实
overstate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 夸大；对…言过其实
  If you say that someoneis overstatingsomething, you mean they are describing it in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.
  1. 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。
  2. The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
     健康教育的重要性再怎么说都不为过。

双语例句

• The shareholders seem to think that the executive board is overstating the case for a merger.
  股东们似乎认为管理委员会在合并这件事上夸大其辞。
• But Chinese officials have accused some foreign media of overstating problems with goods made in China.
  但中国官员也指责一些外国媒体夸大中国制造的商品存在的问题。
• Bernanke was addressing the the Financial Services Committee in the House of Representatives, where some Republicans indicated they thought he was overstating the impact of a default.
  伯南克是在向众议院金融服务委员会报告经济形势时说这番话的。该委员会的一些共和党成员说，他们认为伯南克跨大了拖欠借款的影响。
• Because State Grid has a monopoly on buying and selling electricity across most of the country, it is able to justify charging end users higher electricity prices by overstating its transmission and distribution costs, according to some analysts.
  据一些分析人士说，由于国家电网在中国大部分地区的电力买卖中占据垄断地位，它能通过夸大输配电成本为自己向最终用户收取更高的电价找到理由。
• The SEC alleged that Mr Egan misled regulators when his company applied in 2008 to be recognised as a rating agency for asset-backed and government debt by overstating his experience in the field.
  sec指出，2008年伊根琼斯公司在申请资产支持证券和政府债券评级资格的时候，伊根曾夸大自己在该领域的经验，误导了监管者。
• But the chief executive of the information and media group needs to beware overstating the value of its ownership model.
  但这家信息和媒体集团的首席执行官需要当心夸大该集团所有权模式的价值。
• In accounting, "conservatism" means resolving uncertainty in a manner that minimizes the risk of overstating the company's current financial position.
  在会计中，稳健性原则意味着以一种尽量减少夸大公司财务现状之风险的态度处理不确定因素。
• I hope you're not overstating, but I'm curious, can I see it?
  我希望你不要太过夸张，但是我挺好奇的，我能看一下吗？
• But a national network is overstating things.
  说全国范围当然是有些夸张。
• Seriously, I am not overstating how backward FASB has been on all of this.
  说真的，我绝非夸大美国财务会计准则委员会在这方面有多落后。