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

• 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。
• At one point, it looked as if Mr Rajoelina, who has been in politics for barely a year, might have overplayed his hand.
  某个角度看，拉乔利纳这么做有点过分，因为他涉足政治还不到一年。
• Gradually the mobile terminal evolves for the direction of multi-mode, multi-interface, multi-channel, the heterogeneous network which is overplayed and combined by many different kinds of access networks becomes the trends of the wireless communication.
  移动终端逐步向着多模式、多接口、多信道方向发展，由多种不同制式的无线接入网络相互覆盖、相互融合而成的异构网络成为无线通信的发展趋势。
• My take of the past six months is that the Chinese overplayed their hand very badly across an array of issues, irking not just the United States but other significant countries.
  在过去的半年里，中国在一系列问题上玩过了火，这不仅惹恼了美国，也惹恼了其他大国。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Prof Buiter said this concern over moral hazard was overplayed.
  比特教授表示，这种对道德风险的担心有点言过其实。
• 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。
• 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。