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她说自己多么聪明,未免言过其实。 She makes herself out to be smarter than she really is. | ||
根据我的见闻,这显然言过其实。 From what I heard and saw, that was patently untrue. | ||
这些论点有几分道理,却也言过其实。 Such arguments have some truth, but are overdone. | ||
这个人言过其实,就会吹牛皮放大炮。 This chap likes to exaggerate and is good at nothing but boasting. | ||
别太在意她说的话—她往往言过其实。 Don't worry too much about what she said—she tends to dramatize things. | ||
说我非常了解她不免言过其实—我只见过她两次。 It would be an exaggeration to say I knew her well—I only met her twice. | ||
当善意的活动人士希望我们关注全球变暖问题时,他们往往会言过其实。 When well-meaning campaigners want us to pay attention to global warming, they often end up pitching beyond the facts. | ||
即便弗农市(vernon)的标志上宣称本市“专事工业”,这种说法也并未言过其实。 EVEN Vernon's logo proclaims that the city is "exclusively industrial", and that is no exaggeration. | ||
玛丽安的救命恩人(这是玛格·丽特对威洛比言过其实的尊称),第二天一早即来登门问安。 Marianne's preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision, styled Willoughby, called at the cottage early the next morning to make his personal enquiries. | ||
那生聂尔·匹布金亲眼目睹的事实,证明了关于老洛布斯的财宝的谣言并没有言过其实。 Nathaniel Pipkin had ocular demonstration of the fact that the rumours of old Lobbs treasures were NOT exaggerated. | ||