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 夸大；夸张；言过其实 He tends to overstate his case when talking politics. 他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。 The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated. 这一罪行的严重性怎么说也不为过。 Her musical talent has been a little overstated. 她的音乐天赋被夸大了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverstate is used with these nouns as the object:- case
- extent
- importance
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