| 单词 | overcompensate |
| 释义 | overcompensate (once / 86907 pages) v WORD FAMILY overcompensate: overcompensated, overcompensates, overcompensating, overcompensation+/compensate: compensable, compensated, compensates, compensating, compensation, overcompensate/compensated: uncompensated/compensation: compensations USAGE EXAMPLESPeople who brag are overcompensating in the most obvious way. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) “I thought it was mechanics. But his body was overcompensating, and he was wrecking his mechanics.” Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) But there is an overcompensating boldness in her opening scenes that muddles the inner trajectory of her character. Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1v make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities Syn|Hyper compensate, cover cover, insure, underwrite protect by insurance compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up adjust for 2v make excessive corrections for fear of making an error Syn|Hyper over-correct compensate, correct, redress, right make reparations or amends for |
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