单词 | overstatement |
释义 | overstatement (once / 27360 pages) n WORD FAMILY overstatement: overstatements+/interstate: interstates/misstate: misstated, misstatement, misstates, misstating/misstatement: misstatements/overstate: overstated, overstatement, overstates, overstating/restate: restated, restatement, restates, restating/restatement: restatements/state: interstate, intrastate, misstate, overstate, restate, stated, stateless, statement, stater, states, stating, understate/stated: statedly, unstated/statement: statements/stater: staters/understate: understated, understatement, understates, understating/understated: understatedly/understatement: understatements USAGE EXAMPLESOne critic says that the more than 150 books on Dylan are “a library woozy with humid overstatement and baby boomer mythology.” Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) These are Hollywood movies with “Hollywood” in italics and quotation marks, combining lurid overstatement with subtle, even subliminal irony. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) But it’s probably an overstatement to claim that a federal jury in Oregon has ratified the armed occupation of a federal facility. Wall Street Journal(Nov 03, 2016) n making to seem more important than it really is Syn|Ant|Hyper exaggeration, magnification understatement a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood |
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