overblown 英 [əʊvə'bləʊn] 　 美 [,ovɚ'blon]

overblown

overblown　 英 [əʊvə'bləʊn] 美 [,ovɚ'blon]

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）　

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。
Concern about Spain and Italy might be overblown, but the Greece issue is not going away, and if Greece restructures, that may open the door for Ireland and Portugal.　对西班牙和意大利的担忧可能有些过度,但希腊的问题还未解决,且如果希腊重组债务,则可能为爱尔兰和葡萄牙开了先河.

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  • 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）

  • 1. 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。

  • 2. Concern about Spain and Italy might be overblown, but the Greece issue is not going away, and if Greece restructures, that may open the door for Ireland and Portugal.

    对西班牙和意大利的担忧可能有些过度,但希腊的问题还未解决,且如果希腊重组债务,则可能为爱尔兰和葡萄牙开了先河.

  • 3. 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。

  • overblown (adj.) late 15c., "blown over, passed away," past-participle adjective from verb overblow "to blow over the top of," of a storm, "to abate, pass on" (late 14c.), from over- + blow (v.1). Meaning "inflated, puffed up" (with vanity, etc.) is from 1864.
over·blown / ˌəʊvəˈbləʊn ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈbloʊn / adjective 1 that is made to seem larger, more impressive or more important than it really is SYN exaggerated 过分的；夸张的；虚饰过度的 2 (of flowers 花朵 ) past the best, most beautiful stage 残败的；盛期已过的 over·blown / ˌəʊvəˈbləʊn ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈbloʊn /
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