| 词汇 | overplay |
| 释义 | overplay verb[ T ] uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈpleɪ/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈpleɪ/ to make something seem more important than it really is: 夸大…的重要性;把…做得过分;过分强调;过分重视 I think she's overplaying the significance of his remarks.我认为她过分强调了他的话的重要性。 Exaggerating & playing down bloviate blow something out of proportionidiom cartoonish cartoonishly catastrophize fulsome go overboardidiom grandiloquent inflated make a mountain out of a molehillidiom make little of somethingidiom make much of somethingidiom make something of something/someone meal mildly minimization OTT protest too muchidiom underplay underrate Idiomoverplay your hand Examples of overplayoverplay The techniques of boogification are exaggerated, overplayed, even parodied. Appeal to ecclesiastical censure as a way of explaining the misfortunes of scientific theories is a card that can be overplayed. Because of inadequate analysis, clinicians and health service managers may previously have overplayed the effect of influenza on excess hospital admissions. In particular, while we would agree that most literature overplays nonparticipation and apathy, there are people who are very unlikely to participate under any circumstances. Legalization can, however, be overplayed. Although these trends are of interest, they should not be overplayed: since the prompts expressed the verbs, the rules of ellipsis legitimate verb omission should the speaker wish this. However, this danger may be overplayed. Most might tend to overplay her main argument at times. Will he accept, also, that this is a factor that could easily be overplayed compared with downtown schools, and particularly downtown comprehensive schools? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In our debates retrospectivity has become a kind of talisman, but the point can be overplayed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I therefore believe that the case against two teams has been overplayed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The students have been overplayed in this debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the point about public schools is rather overplayed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he mean try a bit of overplaying my hand or try a bit of farming? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The "flick of the switch" argument has been overplayed on both sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of overplay 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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