overblown

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌəʊ.vəˈbləʊn]
• 美式音标 [ˌoʊ.vɚˈbloʊn]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 停息的；过分的；已盛开过的
• v. 吹散；用力吹；过分渲染（overblow的过去分词）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The cult of the chief executive exists, although whether or not it is overblown depends on the chief executive.
  对首席执行官的崇拜真的存在，尽管这是不是过分吹嘘取决于首席执行官。
• A contemporary observer described the king as being ‘married to his army’ and the metaphor was, in this case, not overblown.
  一个同时代的观察家形容这位国王‘嫁给了他的军队’，而这个比喻在这个个案中一点也不过分。
• Some experts claimed the news was overblown --that the new bug was no worse than many others -- even as other experts, meanwhile, opined that antibiotics could soon be obsolete altogether.
  有些专家声称这些报道是在炒冷饭，因为这些新药并不逊于其它的药。 但于此同时，另一些专家则说，抗生素即将被完全废弃。

原声例句

• Democrats say Sotomayor's comment was taken out of context and has been overblown.
• I think it's actually overblown that the, the top universities in this country are so difficult.
  我觉得其实顶尖大学的课程难这一点是被夸大了。
  对于赞助入学的看法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人
• Despite what he calls overblown fears of a double-dip recession, Cardillo predicts the U.S.economy will grow between two and a half to three percent for the second half of the year.

权威例句

• Some of the kitchen-sink allegations against the Marshalls are clearly overblown, if not wrong.
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词组短语

短语

• Overblown Steel [冶]过吹钢
• overblown beauty 迟暮美人
• Overblown color 是色彩过嚗失去细节
• tongued and overblown flutes 长笛的弹舌和泛音
• an overblown style of writing 华而不实的文体

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• bigger or more important or impressive than it should be

柯林斯英英字典

• Something that is overblown makes something seem larger, more important, or more significant than it really is.

专业释义

经济学

• 停息的

能源科学技术

• (转炉)过吹

艺术学

• 把(管乐器)吹出泛音