overrate

英 [ˌəʊvəˈreɪt]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈreɪt]

v.  对…评价过高; 高估

过去分词：overrated　现在分词：overrating　第三人称单数：overrates　过去式：overrated　

IELTS经济

BNC.41677 / COCA.29696

牛津词典

verb

• 对…评价过高；高估
  to have too high an opinion of sb/sth; to put too high a value on sb/sth
  1. In my opinion, Hirst's work has been vastly overrated.
     依我看赫斯特的作品被大大地高估了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 对…评价过高；高估
  If you say that something or someoneis overrated, you mean that people have a higher opinion of them than they deserve.
  1. More men are finding out that the joys of work have been overrated...
     越来越多的男性认识到工作并没有预想的那样有乐趣。
  2. If you consider him a miracle man, you're overrating him.
     如果你认为他能创造奇迹，那你是高估他了。

英英释义

verb

• make too high an estimate of
  1. He overestimated his own powers
  Synonym:overestimate

双语例句

• According to research published last month by a group of Yale University academics, the mere act of using a search engine may lead us to overrate how much we know.
  根据上月耶鲁大学（YaleUniversity）学者发表的研究结果，单单使用搜索引擎的举动就可能会导致我们高估自己的知识。
• So much is made of social media and marketing that we can tend to overrate what it can do.
  社交媒体及营销已经广泛地渗透到社会生活中，以至于我们很容易高估它的作用。
• The effect of the dollar on European business cannot be overrate.
  美元对欧洲商业的影响不能高估。
• Do not overrate what you have received, nor ever envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.& Buddha
  不要把你得到的东西估价过高，也不要嫉妒别人、嫉妒别人的人，不会有宁静的心情。&佛陀
• The truck drew in to one side and allowed us to overrate it.
  卡车开到一边让我们超过它。
• We must not overrate the accuracy of organic change as a measure of time.
  因此我们不必过高地估计生物变化作为时间标准的精确度。
• It is easy to overrate their importance.
  人们易于过分强调它们的重要性。
• At last, the paper discussed the possibility of the policy change for outbound tourism, and pointed that the policy will change slowly. All the people should not overrate the effect of the opening for outbound tourism.
  文章最后讨论了出境旅游政策短期内变动可能性，认为出境政策的变化将是缓慢推进，而且对于出境市场开放所能产生的效用应该建立理性预期。
• Second, it is not recommended to overrate the impact of IPO on public policy.
  第二，不能过分夸大网络舆情对公共政策的影响。
• A presidential associate inevitably tends to overrate the significance of the things he does know about.
  一个总统的幕僚对于他确实知道的事情，总难免要过分强调其重要性。