overestimate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An estimate that is too high.
    — The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.
动词 v.
  1. To judge or calculate too highly.
    — I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.

词形变化

overestimates present,singular,third-person overestimating participle,present overestimated participle,past overestimated past overestimates plural

词汇关系

反义词
underestimate

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English estimate
English overestimate
From over- + estimate.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English estimate
English overestimate
From over- + estimate.
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