overcompensate

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌəʊ.vəˈkɒm.pən.seɪt]
• 美式音标 [ˌoʊ.vɚˈkɑːm.pən.seɪt]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vi. 过度补偿
• vt. 给与…过分的补偿

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The danger, Mr Illarionov says, is that Mr Medvedev may try to overcompensate for his lack of a security background.
  Illarionov先生讲道，现在所面临的危险是梅德韦捷夫可能会极力过度补偿他在安全后台的势力。
• One common eating mistake among runners is that they overcompensate for the calories burned by exercise with extra calories from more food and beverages.
  一个在跑步者中常见的饮食错误是他们用更多的食物和饮料的中额外卡路里来过度补偿锻炼消耗掉的卡路里。
• The groups tend to overcompensate by creating contracts and specifications prior to designing, developing, and integrating code.
  组织倾向于过度在创建合同和规格上工作，而不是在设计、开发和集成上。

权威例句

• The percentage of GDP may be lower, but the pie is sufficiently increased to overcompensate.
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• Maybe he was made fun of as a kid and now tries to overcompensate.
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• The danger, Mr Illarionov says, is that Mr Medvedev may try to overcompensate for his lack of a security background.
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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to try too hard to correct a problem, therefore creating a new problem

柯林斯英英字典

• to compensate (a person or thing) excessively