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If something is overrated, it is not as good or as important as some people think or say. The praise has run ahead of the thing itself.
If something is如果某個東西 overrated overrated(被高估) some people think or say就沒有一些人所想或所說的 it is not as good or as important as那麼好或那麼重要。The praise稱讚 has run ahead of跑到...前面去了 the thing itself這個東西本身。
A film, a restaurant, a school, a holiday town, even a kind of person can be called overrated. It is a common, slightly sharp opinion word: you are pushing back against loud praise. Young people use it a lot online.
A film, a restaurant, a school, a holiday town電影、餐廳、學校、渡假小鎮 even a kind of person甚至是某一種人 can be called overrated都可以被說是overrated(被高估)。It is a common, slightly sharp opinion word這是一個常見、帶點尖銳的評論用字 you are pushing back against loud praise意思是你在反駁大聲的稱讚。Young people年輕人 use it a lot online在網路上很常用它。
It is also the ordinary -ed form of the verb .
It is also它同時也是 the ordinary -ed form of the verb overrate動詞overrate一般的-ed形式。
Though actually, overrated does not mean bad, and it does not mean “I hate it.” A good book can still be overrated if people talk as if it were perfect. You are talking about the gap between the noise and the thing.
Though actually不過實際上 overrated does not mean badoverrated不是指「很差」 and it does not mean “I hate it.”也不是「我討厭它」的意思 A good book can still be overrated一本好書還是可能被overrated if people talk as if it were perfect如果大家把它講得好像很完美一樣。You are talking about你談的是 the gap between the noise and the thing聲量和這個東西本身之間的落差。
組成over- (too high / too much) + rated (given a score). From over- + rated; also overrate + -ed.
同家族的字
- overratethe verb: to judge something as better than it is
- rateto judge how good or important something is
- underratedthe opposite: better than people say
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
overratedadj詞源 1/ˌəʊvəˈɹeɪtɪd/
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Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.
- My sister is an overrated singer.
- I say, “Tom Cruise,” because I know Irene hates Tom Cruise and she'll go on and on about why he's completely overrated.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。