overrated

英 [ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪd]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈreɪtɪd]

v.  对…评价过高; 高估
overrate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：overrated　过去式：overrated　

BNC.33219 / COCA.18756

柯林斯词典

• VERB 对…评价过高；高估
  If you say that something or someoneis overrated, you mean that people have a higher opinion of them than they deserve.
  1. More men are finding out that the joys of work have been overrated...
     越来越多的男性认识到工作并没有预想的那样有乐趣。
  2. If you consider him a miracle man, you're overrating him.
     如果你认为他能创造奇迹，那你是高估他了。

双语例句

• Ross: You know, passion is way overrated.
  你要知道，我们太高估了婚姻中的激情。
• Is the lesson that clear property rights are overrated as driver of growth?
  是否高估了产权明晰对经济成长的影响？
• LIKE IT OR NOT, smarts, talent, and hard work are important to business success, but they are overrated.
  喜欢与否，聪明，才气及努力工作对于生意的成功来说都很重要，但是通常人们都过高评价这些因素。
• I think working is overrated, so I have no intention right now or at any time in the near future to get a real job.
  我认为工作被高估了。所以我目前或者不远的将来都还没有获得一个真正工作的意图。
• In Geoffrey Colvin's book, Talent is Overrated, he claims that there really is no such thing as a child prodigy.
  杰弗里·科尔文（GeoffreyColvin）在他的书中提到，天才是被高估的一类人，他宣称世上并没有真正的神童。
• I think that film has been overrated.
  我认为那部影片的评价过高。
• Second, I told Emma that the urban tribe is overrated.
  第二，我告诉Emma不要高估自己的朋友圈。
• Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated.
  【译文】他们的工作得出了一个惊人的观点：我们通常称之为天才的特性被高估了。
• Its political potency is overrated too.
  这一政策的政治影响力也被高估了。
• In general, Mom's soothing touch may be overrated, another expert said.
  总的来看，母亲的抚摸可能被高估了，另一位专家说道。