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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 overestimate over·esti·mate verb / 7EuvEr5estimeit; NAmE 7ou- / [VN] to estimate sth to be larger, better, more important, etc. than it really is 高估: They overestimated his ability when they promoted him. 他们提拔他的时候高估了他的能力。 The importance of these findings cannot be overestimated (= is very great). 这些发现的重要性是无法充分估量的。 OPP underestimate • over·esti·mation noun [U, C] noun / 7EuvEr5estimEt; NAmE 7ou- / [usually sing.] an estimate about the size, cost, etc. of sth that is too high 过高的评估 OPP underestimate Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English overestimate ADV. considerably, greatly, grossly, seriously, vastly | consistently The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. VERB + OVERESTIMATE tend to | be easy to It is easy to overestimate the cost of this kind of research. | be difficult to, be hard to PREP. by We overestimated the cost by about 2 per cent. PHRASES sth cannot be overestimated The importance of this group cannot be overestimated. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged overestimate I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷\ transitive verb Etymology: over (I) + estimate : to estimate too highly : overvalue • overestimation \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun II. noun : an estimate that is too high
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