夸大之词

We have therefore no right to be sceptical, nor to content ourselves with an inspection of a town to the exclusion of a consideration of its power; but we may safely conclude that the armament in question surpassed all before it, as it fell short of modern efforts; if we can here also accept the testimony of Homer's poems, in which, without allowing for the exaggeration which a poet would feel himself licensed to employ, we can see that it was far from equalling ours.

因此我们无权怀疑，也不能观察一个城镇不考虑他本身的实力影响；但是，虽然他留下的影响很小，我们仍的确能够得出结论他的军事实力超过以往之前的；如果我们能够接受Homer诗中的说法，除却诗人所做的夸大之词，我们可以发现和我们的想象相去甚远。

The summiteers can make progress, but only if they temper their hyperbole with realism and humility.

金融峰会的与会者只有实际和谦逊来调和他们的夸大之词才能取得进展。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。