| 释义 |
言过其实yán guò qí shíbe too pompous (in one’s speech); bombastic; exaggerate; one’s words exceed one’s deeds (/the truth); overshoot (/stretch/strain) the truth; overstate; paint the devil blacker than he is; turn geese into swans
❍ 当下继之对我说道：“你不要性急。因为我说那狗才穷得吃尽当光了，你以为我～，……”(吴趼人《二十年目睹之怪现状》47)“Please don’t be impatient，” said Jizhi，“When I said that Gou Cai had sold and pawned everything he had,you thought I was exaggerating…”/那时的事，我认为即使在《阿Q正传》中再给添上一混成旅和八尊过山炮，也不至于“～”的罢。(鲁迅《华盖集》50) In view of the date,I believe if I had introduced another battalion and eight field-guns into the story,it could hardly be called excessive.
❍ 不然，朕观此人，～，不可大用。(《三国演义》728)I do not think so. I think his words exceed his deeds. Do not make much use of him.
❍ 吾想先帝在白帝城临危之时，曾嘱吾曰：‘马谡～，不可大用。’(《三国演义》829) When in great stress at Baidicheng,he said that Ma Su’s words exceeded the truth,and he is incapable of great deeds. 言过其实overstate;exaggerate
不要～。Don’t overstate your case./既不要～，也不要故意轻描淡写。Neither overstatement nor understatement is desirable. 言过其实yán ɡuò qí shí实：实际。言语浮夸，与实际不相符。overstate, cut it too fat, make a mountain out of a molehill, come it strong |