overplay 的 2 个定义
- to exaggerate or overemphasize: The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- to put too much stress on the value or importance of: A charitable biographer had overplayed the man's piety and benevolence.
- Cards. to overestimate the strength of with consequent loss.
- (5)
- to exaggerate one's part, an effect, etc.; overact: Without a firm director she invariably overplays.
overplay 近义词
be dramatic
更多overplay例句
- I wasn’t quite sure what a spy ought to wear, really, whether you should underplay it or overplay it.
- One of the reasons the United States ended up with this messy pullout is because the Pentagon overplayed its hand in 2009.
- Democrats can overplay their hand by stoking outrage in their supporters and end up being lambasted for being wrong or exaggerating.
- If defenders overplay Gilgeous-Alexander in his inevitable pursuit of the rim, he is one of the league’s foremost midrange artists because of his deceleration ability.
- The coverage was pretty normal, they weren’t overplaying anybody, and with that said we were scoring some goals.
- He is counting on his opponents to overplay their hand, and a forgiving public to let him do his job as governor.
- Republicans here have their work cut-out, but there is always the possibility that the Democrats will overplay their hand.
- Wells transformed old cheating and heart songs into soul music by resisting the overplay of emotion, writes singer Laura Cantrell.
- The main hope for the Have Nots is a Republican tendency to overplay their hand.
- “Obama has to be careful not to overplay this as something he did personally,” says Feehery.
- Even with such a negligible quantity as a deserted husband, it is a mistake to overplay the part.
- She was not fool enough to overplay her hand, so her greeting was still disdainful, but when he tarried she did not send him away.
- We scold it caressingly, as one reproves the overplay of a gracious child.
- "Some day, though, he'll overplay his game," Benito prophesied.