Overestimate
[əʊvər'estɪmeɪt] or [,ovər'ɛstɪmət]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.
(noun.) an appraisal that is too high.
(verb.) make too high an estimate of; 'He overestimated his own powers'.
戴夫校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To estimate too highly; to overvalue.
(n.) An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.
乔伊手打
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Overvalue, overprize, overrate, make too much of.
錄入:朱莉
解釋/意思:
v.t. to estimate too highly.—n. an excessive estimate.—n. Overestimā′tion.
布什校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Those revolutionists who see the misery of the country as a deliberate and fiendish plot overestimate the bad will, the intelligence and the singleness of purpose in the ruling classes. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I do not overestimate it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But the truth is that we overestimate enormously the importance of nominations, campaigns, and office-holding. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare, but to me this grove seemed very beautiful. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But James's services cannot be overestimated: if he did not lay even the foundations of a science, he did lay some of the foundations for research. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It is possible that the influence of a return to classic Greek pagan literature in bringing about this changed mind has been overestimated. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- She could not admit at once that she might have overestimated Wildeve, for to perceive his mediocrity now was to admit her own great folly heretofore. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
整理:特蕾西