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单词 overgenerous
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Definition of overgenerous in English:

overgenerous

adjectiveəʊvəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəsˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs
  • Excessively generous.

    she was not overgenerous with praise
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Having being overgenerous in its first table of standard values, the ministry has now swung the other way and the new rates represent a pretty unattractive underpinning of the market.
    • Continental nations, beset by deep structural problems arising out of their overgenerous welfare states, look enviously at Britain's relatively high economic growth, low unemployment, and rising standard of living.
    • The problem is that the system is overgenerous in paying for unnecessarily specialized health care and drugs for a notoriously hypochondriac nation (especially the middle classes).
    • Positive assessments of professional behaviour are reported more extensively than negative ones, leading to overgenerous evaluations.
    • It may also be worth making IE's page margins narrower, as they can sometimes be overgenerous.
    Synonyms
    generous, magnanimous, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish

Derivatives

  • overgenerosity

  • noun
    • However, the combination of falling markets and overgenerosity with past returns has meant that some of these ratcheted returns are now unsustainable.
  • overgenerously

  • adverb
 
 

Definition of overgenerous in US English:

overgenerous

adjectiveˌōvərˈjen(ə)rəsˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs
  • Excessively generous.

    she was not overgenerous with praise
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It may also be worth making IE's page margins narrower, as they can sometimes be overgenerous.
    • Positive assessments of professional behaviour are reported more extensively than negative ones, leading to overgenerous evaluations.
    • Continental nations, beset by deep structural problems arising out of their overgenerous welfare states, look enviously at Britain's relatively high economic growth, low unemployment, and rising standard of living.
    • The problem is that the system is overgenerous in paying for unnecessarily specialized health care and drugs for a notoriously hypochondriac nation (especially the middle classes).
    • Having being overgenerous in its first table of standard values, the ministry has now swung the other way and the new rates represent a pretty unattractive underpinning of the market.
    Synonyms
    generous, magnanimous, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish
 
 
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