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The cult of the chief executive exists, although whether or not it is overblown depends on the chief executive.
對首席執(zhí)行官的崇拜真的存在，盡管這是不是過分吹噓取決于首席執(zhí)行官。
A contemporary observer described the king as being ‘married to his army’ and the metaphor was, in this case, not overblown.
一個同時代的觀察家形容這位國王‘嫁給了他的軍隊’，而這個比喻在這個個案中一點也不過分。
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.
有些專家聲稱這些報道是在炒冷飯，因為這些新藥并不遜于其它的藥。但于此同時，另一些專家則說，抗生素即將被完全廢棄。

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.
我覺得其實頂尖大學(xué)的課程難這一點是被夸大了。
對于贊助入學(xué)的看法 - SpeakingMax英語口語達(dá)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.

Some of the kitchen-sink allegations against the Marshalls are clearly overblown, if not wrong.
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Something that is overblown makes something seem larger, more important, or more significant than it really is.