overplayed

英 [ˌəʊvəˈpleɪd]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈpleɪd]

v.  过分强调; 过分重视
overplay的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 夸大…的重要性；过分强调
  If you say that someoneis overplayingsomething such as a problem, you mean that they are making it seem more important than it really is.
  1. ...overplaying the depth of the economic crisis...
     夸大经济危机的严重性
  2. I think the historical factor is overplayed, that it really doesn't mean much.
     我认为历史因素被过分强调了，它实际上并不太重要。
• PHRASE 过高估计自己的形势
  If someoneoverplaystheirhand, they act more confidently than they should because they believe that they are in a stronger position than they actually are.
  1. The United States has to be careful it doesn't overplay its hand.
     美国必须谨防高估自身实力。

双语例句

• A great thing has happened in our favor. Nobody must spoil it. This time the maneuver was too crude, they had overplayed its hand.
  既然出了件对我们有利的大事，不要弄巧成拙。这次他们的手法太露骨，结果是弄巧成拙。
• The findings of the research committee have really been overplayed in the media.
  研究委员会的研究结论的确被媒体夸大了。
• Jim Horne, professor of psychophysiology at Loughborough University's Sleep Research Centre, said: The potential perils of 'sleep debt' in today's society and the need for 'eight hours of sleep a night' are often overplayed and can cause undue worry.
  吉姆•霍恩，拉夫堡大学睡眠研究中心的心理生理学教授，说：在今天社会‘睡眠债’的潜在危险以及需要‘每晚八小时睡眠’往往被夸大，会导致过度忧虑。
• Market infatuation with the BoJ is overplayed – but if the measures announced for the second and third pillars are broad enough to address the challenges at hand, Japan may indeed succeed in escaping its balance sheet recession.
  市场对日本央行的迷恋被夸大了，但如果所宣布的有关第二和第三支柱的措施足够宽泛，可以解决眼前的挑战，日本或可成功避开资产负债表衰退。
• The impact of sovereign funds on financial markets including the dollar should not be overplayed in the near term.
  短期内，我们不应该夸大主权基金对金融市场（包括美元在内）的影响。
• Pyongyang is already an embarrassment to Beijing: perhaps this time Mr Kim will find he has overplayed his hand.
  平壤已经让北京方面感到难堪：或许这一次，金正日会发现自己真的玩过火了。
• We may have overplayed our hands by urging him to give us an early reply.
  我们敦促他早点给我们答复也许是太过火了。
• The effect of political scrapping should not be overplayed: the government and opposition have put aside their differences to pass vital reconstruction financing bills.
  不应夸大政治争吵的影响：政府和反对派已经搁置分歧，通过了关键的重建拨款法案。
• Total Quality Management ( TQM) is an important substance of business management. However, many of the practices are overplayed or forced.
  全面质量管理（totalqualitymanagement，简称TQM）是企业管理的重要内容，但很多企业在运用时流于形式。
• But the capitalist class has overplayed its hand by snatching the American dream away from the middle class, he says.
  但资本家阶层玩过了火，剥夺了中产阶级的美国梦。