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易混词辨析
overstate、exaggerate、overemphasize、magnify
1. overstate:动词 “夸大;夸张;过分强调”(如 “overstate the problem”“overstate one’s achievements”“overstate the risks”),侧重 “过分陈述事实的程度或重要性”,比 exaggerate 更侧重 “客观事实的夸大”;
2. exaggerate:动词 “夸大;夸张”(如 “exaggerate a story”“exaggerate pain”),泛指 “夸大事实或主观感受”,比 overstate 更侧重 “主观描述的夸张”;
3. overemphasize:动词 “过分强调”(如 “overemphasize details”“overemphasize the importance of money”),仅指 “过分强调某事物的重要性”,无 “夸大事实” 义,比 overstate 更侧重 “重点偏差”;
4. magnify:动词 “放大;夸大”(如 “magnify an image”“magnify a mistake”),“夸大” 义与 overstate 近义,但 magnify 还有 “物理放大” 义,overstate 仅指 “陈述夸大”。
精选例句
1、 He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。
来源:秒词邦搜集整理
2、 Exaggerate and overstate problems.
夸张夸大问题。
来源:秒词邦搜集整理
1、 Considering that the government’s standards are not nearly ambitious enough, the picture is clear: by not cooking at home, we’re not eating the right things, and the consequences are hard to overstate.
考虑到政府的标准还不够雄心勃勃,情况很清楚:不在家做饭,我们吃的东西就不对,后果怎么夸大都不为过。
来源:2020年7月四级第1套题[句子搭配题]
1、 Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets, not the likely extent of bad debts.
如今,他们认为市场价格夸大了损失,因为它们主要反映的是市场暂时的流动性不足,而不是坏账的可能程度。
来源:2010年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)Text4
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