2019-08-01 overblown

英英释义：made to seem greater or more impressive than something really is.

这是个贬义词，它后面一般修饰 fears, worries, claims, statements, promises 等词。我们在口语和写作中可以用 overblown 来替换 exaggerated。

sentence

1. Fears of an economic downturn look overblown. 

2. The digital device is not as good as its spokesperson claims; the hype is overblown. 

3. He figured that overblown promises could win trust from others, only to realize that he dug a hole for himself. 

4. Whereas Mrs May had two years to retreat from her overblown commitments, Mr Johnson has just three months to eat his words.

5. With hindsight, the horror of deficits looks overblown. 

6. Such worries could prove to be overblown.

practice

1. 有证据表明，人们对离婚率猛增的恐惧被夸大了。

Evidence shows that fear of ballooning divorce rate is overblown.

Evidence suggests that fears of a spike/jump in divorces are overblown.)