overstate
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they overstate | |
he / she / it overstates | |
past simple overstated | |
past participle overstated | |
-ing form overstating |
- overstate something
to say something in a way that makes it seem more important than it really is synonym exaggerate誇大;誇張;言過其實 He tends to overstate his case when talking politics. 他一談政治便流於誇誇其談。 The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated. 這一罪行的嚴重性怎麽說也不爲過。 Her musical talent has been a little overstated. 她的音樂天賦被誇大了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverstate is used with these nouns as the object:- case
- extent
- importance
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