overestimating
present participle ofoverestimate
| 单词 | overestimating |
| 释义 | overestimating present participle ofoverestimate overestimate verb uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈres.tɪ.meɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈes.tə.meɪt/[IorT] toguessanamountthat is too high or asizethat is toobig: I overestimated and there was a lot offoodleftover after theparty. Most of us overestimate how muchtimeandenergywe have. According to thesurvey,agentsfrequentlyoverestimate thesizeofrooms. Opposite underestimate(AMOUNT) Compare overvalue C1[T] tothinkthat something isbetteror moreimportantthan it really is: We cannot overestimatetheimportanceofthiswork. Thebenefitsofnucleartechnology, she said, had beengrosslyoverestimated. [T] tothinkthat someone isstronger, or moreskilful,intelligent, ordeterminedthan they really are: They wereforcedto theconclusionthat they had overestimated him. Synonym overrate Opposite underestimate(PERSON) Guesses and assumptions
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Estimating value Analysing and evaluating Misunderstanding Examplesofoverestimatingoverestimating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Perhaps that's hugelyoverestimatingthe influence that the media has on youth, or, at least, overstating the longevity of any influence it may hold. From theCambridge English Corpus It risksoverestimatingmotivational factors or goals that, in a specific context, may have been rather secondary. From theCambridge English Corpus In this population, (3) underestimates the rate of response and correlated response, whileoverestimatingthe time required to reach equilibrium. From theCambridge English Corpus This unwarranted assumption about the missing data may result in either underestimating oroverestimatingthe treatment effects. From theCambridge English Corpus Because only selected progeny groups within the sire family were genotyped, there is a possibility ofoverestimatinggenetic parameters. From theCambridge English Corpus It is a matter of notoverestimating, not overreaching, not making the wrong sort of comparisons, not judging by the wrong standards. From theCambridge English Corpus Heterogeneity in starting salaries will bias the results byoverestimatingthe growth rate of salaries. From theCambridge English Corpus To do so would meanoverestimatingnot only its ability to perceive social and economic problems but also to resolve them. From theCambridge English Corpus Models "correctly"overestimatingconditional expected survival in the enalapril group give survival differences that equal the true difference. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, there is a risk ofoverestimatingthe effectiveness in routine practice. From theCambridge English Corpus Overestimatingthe level of immigration also exacerbates the sense of threat and boosts restrictionist sentiment. From theCambridge English Corpus This adjustment was done to avoidoverestimatingthe effectiveness of this test. From theCambridge English Corpus The latter risksoverestimatingthe differences involved and therefore making a slightly ambiguous statistical correlation appear to be clear and dramatic. From theCambridge English Corpus There appeared to be a slight trend with both methods of increasinglyoverestimatinggenetic variance as the number of loci in the genetic model increased. From theCambridge English Corpus Percentages of concordance show good agreement with more relativesoverestimatingthan underestimating in most cases. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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