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Overrate Overrated Vastly Verb 对…评价过高;高估 People Opinion Work

The word "overrate" means to have too high an opinion of someone or something, or to place too high a value on them. It is often used in the passive voice to describe something or someone that is considered to be better or more important than deserved. The word can be used as a verb.

The word "overrate" means to have too high an opinion of someone or something, or to place too high a value on them. It is often used in the passive voice to describe something or someone that is considered to be better or more important than deserved. The word can be used as a verb.

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overrate
/o͟ʊvə(r)re͟ɪt/
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[VERB 动词]对…评价过高;高估 If you say that something or someone is overrated, you mean that people have a higher opinion of them than they deserve.
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  • 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。

  • 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。

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  • Success in the eyes of others is an overrated achievement...

    在他人眼中,成功常常被夸大为了不起的成就。

  • Life in the wild is vastly overrated.

    野外生活被过分美化了。


Oxford over·rate / ˌəʊvəˈreɪt ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈreɪt / verb [usually passive ] overratesb/sth to have too high an opinion of sb/sth; to put too high a value on sb/sth 对…评价过高;高估 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。 OPP
underrate
overrate overrates overrated overrating
over·rate / ˌəʊvəˈreɪt ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈreɪt /
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overratedo‧ver‧rated /ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪd◂ $ ˌoʊ-/ adjective
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not as good or important as some people think or say OPP  underrated:  a vastly overrated filmoverrate verb [transitive]
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overrate

[ˌəʊvəˈreɪt]overrated, overrating, overrates

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overrated[1726]
高估(79%),评价过高(13%),估价过高(8%)
vt.过高估计;对…估价过高

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