| 词汇 | overestimating |
| 释义 | overestimating present participle ofoverestimate overestimate verb uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈres.tɪ.meɪt/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈes.tə.meɪt/ [ I or T ] to guess an amount that is too high or a size that is too big: I overestimated and there was a lot of food left over after the party. Most of us overestimate how much time and energy we have. According to the survey, agents frequently overestimate the size of rooms. Opposite underestimate(AMOUNT) Compare overvalue C1[ T ] to think that something is better or more important than it really is: 过高估计;过高评价 We cannot overestimate the importance of this work. The benefits of nuclear technology, she said, had been grossly overestimated.她说，核技术的好处被大大高估了。 [ T ] to think that someone is stronger, or more skilful, intelligent, or determined than they really are: They were forced to the conclusion that they had overestimated him. Synonym overrate Opposite underestimate(PERSON) Guesses and assumptions a shot in the darkidiom approximation assumption conjecturally conjecture counterfactual estimate misassumption misestimate misestimation overestimate overestimation proposition purportedly re-estimate rough estimate sneaking speculation speculative suspicion You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Estimating value Analysing and evaluating Misunderstanding Examples of overestimatingoverestimating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Perhaps that's hugely overestimating the influence that the media has on youth, or, at least, overstating the longevity of any influence it may hold. It risks overestimating motivational factors or goals that, in a specific context, may have been rather secondary. In this population, (3) underestimates the rate of response and correlated response, while overestimating the time required to reach equilibrium. This unwarranted assumption about the missing data may result in either underestimating or overestimating the treatment effects. Because only selected progeny groups within the sire family were genotyped, there is a possibility of overestimating genetic parameters. It is a matter of not overestimating, not overreaching, not making the wrong sort of comparisons, not judging by the wrong standards. Heterogeneity in starting salaries will bias the results by overestimating the growth rate of salaries. To do so would mean overestimating not only its ability to perceive social and economic problems but also to resolve them. Models "correctly" overestimating conditional expected survival in the enalapril group give survival differences that equal the true difference. Thus, there is a risk of overestimating the effectiveness in routine practice. Overestimating the level of immigration also exacerbates the sense of threat and boosts restrictionist sentiment. This adjustment was done to avoid overestimating the effectiveness of this test. The latter risks overestimating the differences involved and therefore making a slightly ambiguous statistical correlation appear to be clear and dramatic. There appeared to be a slight trend with both methods of increasingly overestimating genetic variance as the number of loci in the genetic model increased. Percentages of concordance show good agreement with more relatives overestimating than underestimating in most cases. 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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