overplay

英 [əʊvə'pleɪ] 美[,ovɚ'ple]

释义

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

词态变化

第三人称单数: overplays;过去式: overplayed;过去分词: overplayed;现在分词: overplaying;

中文词源

overplay 过于重视

over-,超过，过度，play,玩，扮演。比喻用法。

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.

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。

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.

英英释意

考试真题

America will remain the best place on earth to do business, so long as Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress resist the temptation to interfere too much, and so long as organised labour does not overplay its hand.

词组搭配

spoil one's chance of success through excessive confidence in one's position

过高地估计自己的力量而导致失败