overestimate

🇬🇧/ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪt/ 🇺🇸/ˌoʊvərˈestɪmeɪt/
VCE 📚 13357 1 六级 托福
If you say that someone overestimates something, you mean that they think it is greater in amount or importance than it really is. 高估

verb [vt. 及物动词] 过高估计(能力、影响或价值);过高估计(规格、数量、数字等)

If you overestimate someone, you think that they have more of a skill or quality than they really have. 对…评价过高 •  I think you overestimate me, Fred.  我想你把我看高了,弗雷德。

noun [抽象名词] 过高的估计

Twenty-five thousand turned out to be an overestimate. 25000 这个数字被证实是过高的估计。

后缀: ate 【verb/adjective】 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become 原词: overestimate 是通过后缀 【ate】 构成的派生词
over(…之上) + estimate(估计) → 高估
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