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单词 overstatement
释义 overstatement|ˈəʊvəˌsteɪtmənt|
[over- 29 b.]
The action, or an act, of overstating; statement which exceeds the limits of fact; exaggeration.
1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 397/2 It does not appear that his account was an overstatement at the time.1848Mill Pol. Econ. I. 168 This..is one of those over-statements of a true principle, often met with in Adam Smith.1874Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 673 In commenting on over-statement I do not seek to understate.
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