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单词 overimpress
释义

overimpress

verb

over·​im·​press ˌō-vər-im-ˈpres How to pronounce overimpress (audio)
overimpressed; overimpressing

transitive + intransitive

: to impress (someone or something) to an excessive degree
especially : to give (someone) an extremely or unduly favorable impression (see impression sense 1a)
… I don't feel like I'm overdoing anything, or trying to overimpress the coaches. Laurence Maroney
a candidate who didn't overimpress
He writes about real people and real situations, never trying to overthink or overimpress with lofty wordiness. Mario Tarradell
often used in passive constructions
… a flawed man overimpressed by his own intelligence. Sue Turnbull Often we see that a trainee is overimpressed with the ideas of the supervisor. Luigi Boscolo I haven't been overimpressed with unoaked chardonnays from Australia, … but this one delivers. Beppi Crosariol The appeals court was provided with a videotape of the three dancers dancing …. The judges were not overimpressed. William O'Rourke

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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