overrate

verb
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈreɪt/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they overrate
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈreɪt/
he / she / it overrates
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈreɪts/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈreɪts/
past simple overrated
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈreɪtɪd/
past participle overrated
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈreɪtɪd/
-ing form overrating
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. overrate somebody/something to have too high an opinion of somebody/something; to put too high a value on somebody/something对…评价过高;高估
    • In my opinion, Hirst's work has been vastly overrated.依我看,赫斯特的作品被大大地高估了。🔊🔊
    opposite underrateTopics Opinion and argumentc2