an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is
a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
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This is obviously an oversimplification, but you get the idea.很显然这个例子过于简化了，但是能让你明白其中的思想。
Although it is an oversimplification, the desired rate of growth may be taken as that rate which balances present costs against future benefits for the consensus of individuals.尽管这是一个过于简化的描述，但期望的经济增长率，可以被认为是对每一个个人之现有成本与未来利益的平衡率。
