| 词汇 | overcompensate |
| 释义 | overcompensate verb[ I ] uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈkɑːm.pən.seɪt/ to try too hard to correct a problem, therefore creating a new problem: 过度补偿;矫枉过正 Chris is one of those small men who overcompensate for their lack of height with a larger than life personality.克里斯属于那种用夸张的个性来弥补身高的不足、但往往做过了头的小个子男人。 Effort and expending energy assiduity assiduous assiduously assiduousness be running on emptyidiom burn effort effortful effortfully elbow grease fight hamster wheel kill plough plough through something push put something in/put something into something rearguard action set/put your mind to somethingidiom swing overcompensate | American Dictionaryovercompensate verb[ I ] us/ˌoʊ·vərˈkɑm·pənˌseɪt/ to try too hard to produce a usual or correct state from one that is not usual, and therefore produce a new difficulty or lack of balance: Chris overcompensates for his lack of height by being a clown. Examples of overcompensateovercompensate Perhaps overcompensating for the neglect of the past, historians moved to history "from the bottom up," and to the social histories of precisely those dis28. Deviations in a few cases are overcompensated by the large amount of distance constraints. With strong selection, the increase in disequilibrium towards the centre which generates extreme phenotypes could in principle overcompensate for the lower fitness of intermediate genotypes. Consequently, the comic talents often overcompensate for their low esteem by hungering after completely humourless projects to prove their seriousness. The increased supply of oxygenated blood overcompensates the demand of oxygen and leads to an increase in oxygen level as a response to increased cor tical activity. As if aware of an unfashionable lack of intellectual toughness, the editor has overcompensated by throwing in a couple of heavy philosophical pieces at the end. In this case, the effect of a longer period of time in which individuals contribute to the pension system overcompensates the fall in the contribution rate. He said that they would overcompensate some, and undercompensate others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Equally, we must be careful not to overcompensate authorities with higher costs, as that would inevitably work to the disadvantage of authorities elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, the review did not convince critics that the system recommended by the review team would not overcompensate some authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rates of aid are aimed at offering reasonable reimbursement for loss of income and the cost to farmers of managing land, while not overcompensating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some larger metropolitan authorities will be overcompensated and other authorities will be undercompensated, so the net cost should be little, if any. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is why we must be extremely careful not to overcompensate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the rates were set at a level attractive to farmers with the highest yields in the country, they would greatly overcompensate the less efficient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is too easy to overcompensate for bad steering and to head off-course into yet more trouble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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