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overplayed

/oh-ver-pley/US // ˌoʊ vərˈpleɪ //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈpleɪ) //

玩过头了,过奖,过奖的,过奖了

Related Words

overdo过度行为,矫枉过正,过头了,过度exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈overstate多报,多报了,夸大其词,多说overuse过度使用,过分使用,使用过度,过量使用overemphasize过分强调,过度强调,太过强调,过于强调maximize最大化,最大限度地提高,最大限度地扩大,最大限度地magnify凸显,放大,增大,凸现stretch伸展,延伸,绵延,伸长dramatize戏剧化,演绎,渲染,戏剧化处理accent口音,腔调,口气,口腔overwork过劳,工作过度,过度劳累,过度工作mug杯子,杯具,杯子里的东西,杯子里的酒accentuate凸显,突出显示,突出强调,凸显出来hyperbolize夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,超标的overdraw透支,过度拉伸,超额完成任务,超额完成overact表演过度,表演过头,表演过火,表演过头了overstress过度紧张,压力过大,过度压力,过度疲劳ham it up锤炼它,锤击它,锤炼,敲打它show off炫耀,炫耀一下,炫耀一下吧,炫耀一番lay it on thick厚积薄发,铺天盖地,浓墨重彩,浓妆艳抹

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
    • : Golf. to hit past the putting green.
    • : Archaic. outplay.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to exaggerate one's part, an effect, etc.; overact: Without a firm director she invariably overplays.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbe dramatic
Synonyms
exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈maximize最大化,最大限度地提高,最大限度地扩大,最大限度地overdo过度行为,矫枉过正,过头了,过度overemphasize过分强调,过度强调,太过强调,过于强调overstate多报,多报了,夸大其词,多说overuse过度使用,过分使用,使用过度,过量使用accent口音,腔调,口气,口腔accentuate凸显,突出显示,突出强调,凸显出来dramatize戏剧化,演绎,渲染,戏剧化处理hyperbolize夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,超标的magnify凸显,放大,增大,凸现mug杯子,杯具,杯子里的东西,杯子里的酒overact表演过度,表演过头,表演过火,表演过头了overdraw透支,过度拉伸,超额完成任务,超额完成overstress过度紧张,压力过大,过度压力,过度疲劳overwork过劳,工作过度,过度劳累,过度工作stretch伸展,延伸,绵延,伸长blow out of proportion夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸大了get carried away忘乎所以,得意忘形,忘乎所以了ham it up锤炼它,锤击它,锤炼,敲打它labor at劳动在,劳动于,工作在,劳动者在lay it on thick厚积薄发,铺天盖地,浓墨重彩,浓妆艳抹point up向上指,向上指点,向上点,向上指着show off炫耀,炫耀一下,炫耀一下吧,炫耀一番

Examples

  • 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.

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