overstatement
overstatement — 名詞
- overstatementsingular
- overstatementsplural
1. the practice of presenting something — a risk, an effect, an achievement — as bi
誇大其辭
把事實講得比實際更嚴重或更重要的行為
the practice of presenting something — a risk, an effect, an achievement — as bigger, stronger, or worse than the evidence justifies
Padma warned the team that any overstatement of the test results would damage their credibility with reviewers.
Padma 提醒團隊，任何誇大實驗結果的做法都會損害他們在審查者心中的可信度。
overstatement of [noun] — the most common pattern
To call the small leak a disaster would be a clear overstatement.
把那個小漏水說成是一場災難，顯然是言過其實。
frame: 'would be an overstatement' for hedging a claim
Hugo apologized for the overstatement in his report after the lab repeated the experiment.
實驗室重做了實驗之後，Hugo 為報告中誇大不實的部分道歉。
The lawyer accused the witness of overstatement when describing the size of the crowd outside the courthouse.
律師指責那位證人在描述法院外人群規模時誇大其辭。
typical context: courtroom or formal reporting
Aoi avoided overstatement in her grant application and stuck to numbers she could prove.
Aoi 在申請補助時避免誇大其辭，只引用她能證明的數據。
- clear overstatement
- deliberate overstatement
- gross overstatement
- avoid overstatement
- exaggeration
near-equivalent; far more common in everyday speech
- hyperbole
literary or rhetorical; often used for deliberate stylistic effect
- embellishment
adding attractive but false details, usually to make a story better
- understatement
describing something as less serious than it really is
文法句型
overstatement of [noun]
would be an overstatement
用法筆記
Frequently uncountable when naming the act itself. Subject is often the person doing it (a witness, a writer, a politician). Distinguish from sense 2, which refers to a single exaggerated statement rather than the practice in general.
常見錯誤
2. a particular spoken or written remark that exaggerates how big, good, or serious
誇張的說法
把某件事講得比實際更嚴重的單一說法
a particular spoken or written remark that exaggerates how big, good, or serious something is — most often used to flag one specific claim as too strong
It is an overstatement to say that the new policy ruined the company.
說新政策毀了整間公司，這是誇張的說法。
frame: 'It is an overstatement to say that...' — most common usage
Calling the meal the best in the city was an overstatement, but Dario meant it as a joke.
把那頓飯說成全城最好吃的是誇張的說法，但 Dario 只是開玩笑。
The critic dismissed the headline as an overstatement designed to attract clicks.
評論員批評那則標題是為了吸引點閱所做的誇張說法。
typical noun phrase: 'an overstatement designed to ...'
Saying that Élise speaks fluent Japanese after one summer in Tokyo is an overstatement.
說 Élise 在東京住了一個夏天就能流利說日文，這是誇張的說法。
Tendai called his cousin's claim an overstatement and asked for the actual sales figures.
Tendai 直指堂哥的說法太誇張，並要求看實際的銷售數字。
- a slight overstatement
- a bit of an overstatement
- an overstatement to say
- exaggeration
interchangeable in most contexts; less formal
- hyperbole
specifically a rhetorical or stylistic overstatement, often intentional
- understatement
a remark that makes something sound less than it is
文法句型
an overstatement to say (that) ...
be an overstatement
用法筆記
Countable in this sense — almost always introduced by 'an' or 'the'. Frequently appears in the fixed frame 'It is/would be an overstatement to say that ...'. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 is one identifiable remark; sense 1 is the practice across many remarks.
常見錯誤
同根字
- overstate動詞C1
- overstated形容詞C1
- understatement名詞C1
- understate動詞C1
- statement名詞B1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- overstatement of risk
- overstatement of earnings
- overstatement of results
常用片語
- it would be an overstatement to say
- a bit of an overstatement
- without overstatement