overplay
英 [əʊvə'pleɪ]
美 [,ovɚ'ple]
- vt. 夸张；过分依赖…的力量；把…演得过火；将高尔夫球打到果岭之外
- vi. 表演过火
overplay 中文词源
overplay 过于重视over-,超过，过度，play,玩，扮演。比喻用法。
overplay 英文词源
- overplay (v.)
- "to emphasize (something) too much," 1933, a metaphor from card games, in to overplay (one's) hand, "to spoil one's hand by bidding in excess of its value" (1926), from over- + play (v.). The word was used earlier in a theatrical sense. Related: Overplayed; overplaying.
overplay 双语例句
1. The United States has to be careful it doesn't overplay its hand. 美国必须谨防高估自身实力。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. You must not overplay his part in the negotiations.
- 你不可过高估计他在谈判中的作用.
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- 3. The Japanese diplomat was careful not to overplay his hand during the negotiations.
- 这位日本外交官在谈判中小心谨慎以做到不过高估计自己的力量.
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