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单词 overcompensate
释义
overcompensate
verb[I]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈkɑːm.pən.seɪt/
totrytoo hard tocorrectaproblem,thereforecreatinga newproblem:
过度补偿；矫枉过正
Chris is one of thosesmallmen who overcompensatefortheirlackofheightwithalargerthanlifepersonality.克里斯属于那种用夸张的个性来弥补身高的不足、但往往做过了头的小个子男人。
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(Definition ofovercompensatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overcompensate| American Dictionary

overcompensate
verb[I]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈkɑm·pənˌseɪt/
totrytoo hard toproduceausualorcorrectstatefrom one that is notusual, andthereforeproducea newdifficultyorlackofbalance:
Chris overcompensates for hislackofheightby being aclown.
(Definition ofovercompensatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofovercompensate

overcompensate
Perhaps overcompensating for the neglect of the past, historians moved to history "from the bottom up," and to the social histories of precisely those dis28.
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Deviations in a few cases are overcompensated by the large amount of distance constraints.
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With strong selection, the increase in disequilibrium towards the centre which generates extreme phenotypes could in principleovercompensatefor the lower fitness of intermediate genotypes.
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Consequently, the comic talents oftenovercompensatefor their low esteem by hungering after completely humourless projects to prove their seriousness.
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The increased supply of oxygenated blood overcompensates the demand of oxygen and leads to an increase in oxygen level as a response to increased cor tical activity.
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As if aware of an unfashionable lack of intellectual toughness, the editor has overcompensated by throwing in a couple of heavy philosophical pieces at the end.
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In this case, the effect of a longer period of time in which individuals contribute to the pension system overcompensates the fall in the contribution rate.
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He said that they wouldovercompensatesome, and undercompensate others.
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Equally, we must be careful not toovercompensateauthorities with higher costs, as that would inevitably work to the disadvantage of authorities elsewhere.
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First, the review did not convince critics that the system recommended by the review team would notovercompensatesome authorities.
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The rates of aid are aimed at offering reasonable reimbursement for loss of income and the cost to farmers of managing land, while not overcompensating.
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Some larger metropolitan authorities will be overcompensated and other authorities will be undercompensated, so the net cost should be little, if any.
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That is why we must be extremely careful not toovercompensate.
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If the rates were set at a level attractive to farmers with the highest yields in the country, they would greatlyovercompensatethe less efficient.
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But it is too easy toovercompensatefor bad steering and to head off-course into yet more trouble.
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