外部链接:    leo英德   dict有道 百度搜索百度 google谷歌 google图片 wiki维基 百度百科百科   

 overstate [,әuvә'steit]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 夸大的叙述, 夸张, 过分强调

[经] 多计, 高估




    overstate


    Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.]
    To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.

    1. Another Soviet analyst, Vladimir Tikhonov, said his country's agricultural statistics substantially overstate Soviet food output. Meat production is barely half the officially reported figure, he said.
    2. The public gloom reflects the influence of the industries that are dying - and thus clamouring for state or federal assistance. Mr Kotkin may overstate his case.
    3. "The style of acting I do is extreme underacting," she said. "It's insulting to the audience if you overstate everything.
    4. The economists cautioned that their estimates could be low because "thee is substantial evidence" that the financial data publicly reported by banks "can significantly overstate" the health of weak institutions.
    5. That may overstate things a bit, and to be fair there's logic in White House caution.
    6. "It's impossible to overstate how much this means to the families of these patients," said Samuel Broder, director of the National Cancer Institute and a main developer of AZT.
    7. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit against Eddie Antar, former chairman of Crazy Eddie Inc., accusing him of engaging in a "massive financial fraud" to overstate the company's earnings over a three-year period.
    8. 'The Moslems don't like the Christians and they are stronger.' It is important not to overstate the case.
    9. I can't overstate the issue of ethics." Confronting its misdeeds hasn't been easy for Northrop. Mr. Jones took the view, as he put it, that "it's the hardware that counts," and that the public should "forget all the rest."
    10. Administration officials contend that such critics overstate a minor schism.
    11. It's possible, I suppose, to overstate the disparity.
    12. Critics note that the government is expecting to get only about 47 cents on the dollar for the loans it sells, and even that estimate may overstate market enthusiasm for the loans.
    13. U.S. District Judge Nicholas H. Politan said Tuesday that Antar "was at the head of a scheme" to overstate the company's income from 1985 to 1987, and benefited from a higher stock price in selling his shares.
    14. Repeal or reduction of several deductions "generated billions of dollars in compliance revenues by removing the `opportunity' to overstate itemized deductions."
    15. The government said Mr. Benson also instructed certain in-house sales personnel to overstate expenses and give the extra money to him.
    16. "I cannot overstate the value the United States attaches to continued excellent relations with Australia," Baker said.
    17. Another $3 million in potential profits is attributed to earlier 1985 sales by Israel, but separately, congressional investigators believe these figures overstate the amount of money available.
    18. The report may overstate the economy's strength, but economists and financial markets quickly concluded it was positive.
    19. The government's main economic forecasting gauge rose 0.6% in August, but several economists suggested the gain may overstate the growth that is likely ahead.
    20. "It is difficult to overstate the importance of this decision," said David Bacon, a Los Angeles attorney who argued the case for Connecticut General.
    21. While it is true that many people defined as poor and receiving benefits don't seem to receive nearly enough to make ends meet, the current method may also, in some cases, actually overstate the extent of poverty.
    22. So, it only risks being almost wiped out. The banks would doubtless respond that the ratios overstate the danger.
    23. The president-elect said he "wouldn't overstate the importance" of the United States beginning meetings with the Palestine Liberation Organization.
    24. While NTT is facing financial pressures, analysts say Mr. Kojima tends to overstate the company's problems, as he tries to persuade regulators to give the partially privatized company more flexibility, particularly in raising certain rates.
    25. Some say it is hard to overstate the issue's importance.
    26. "The Chinese may want to overstate the damages done to crops to stimulate peasants to grow more grain in the coming season," says the specialist, who asked not to be identified.
    27. "I think the utility companies terribly overstate their case," he said after the vote.
    28. A spokeswoman at the Egg Nutrition Center, an arm of the egg industry's Washington-based trade group called the Egg Board, said the industry believes the CDC report may overstate the problem.
    加入收藏 本地收藏 百度搜藏 QQ书签 美味书签 Google书签 Mister Wong
    您正在访问的是
    中国词汇量第二的英语词典
    更多精彩,登录后发现......
    验证码看不清,请点击刷新
      注册