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单词 overachieve
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Definition of overachieve in English:

overachieve

verb əʊv(ə)rəˈtʃiːvˌoʊvərəˈtʃiv
[no object]
  • 1Do better than is expected, especially in schoolwork.

    David continued to overachieve all through high school
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Sharks overachieved in a lot of people's estimation.
    • It has helped build togetherness in a unit that has overachieved.
    • Sweden overachieved in Japan and Korea, winning the ‘group of death’ almost through sheer stubbornness, but their methodical approach is not the sort to bring tournament success.
    • After overachieving for most of last season, the Jazz stumbled down the stretch.
    • The Cardinals have overachieved to get here and if they get to even 7-9, that will be even more of a feat.
    • The Danes often overachieve in tournaments and another quarter-final beckons.
    • There, she explains, she found friends who had not overachieved in class nor aspired to elected office.
    • On the other hand, with solidarity, as Wimbledon showed in the 1980s, a team can overachieve.
    • All of his teams overachieved because Herbie understood how to get the best out of each player and make him part of a team.
    • As he overachieved in one arena after another, he surprised us all.
    • ‘His team overachieved more than any team in the league,’ Stotts says.
    • It's a mistake at this point to confuse ‘inexperienced’ with ‘inept’ - although I hope that Stephen is right and that Cameron has been overachieving.
    • That victory made the Patriots a nice story as the underdogs that overachieved and miraculously had their dreams come true.
    • In my mind, Van Gundy has overachieved since day one.
    • The leader of an ordinary bunch of footballers who overachieved at the World Cup should have made his exit after the summer extravaganza.
    • Credit should be given to the players who continue to overachieve when managerial changes and boardroom struggles would have ripped apart most teams.
    • The next night, he said his players had overachieved in many ways this season.
    • We constantly overachieve, and the fact that we've won two Grand Slams in living memory isn't indicative of the strength in our game, but of the wonderful job our national coaches have done.
    • The defense, where many players are working for the NFL's minimum wage, has overachieved.
    • For any of the following to succeed, their team must overachieve and get to the latter stages.
    1. 1.1often as adjective overachieving Be excessively dedicated to achieving success in one's work.
      overachieving geeks
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Those groups who overachieve are seen in this theory as oppressors who must be curbed, if not eliminated.

Derivatives

  • overachievement

  • noun ˌəʊv(ə)rəˈtʃiːvm(ə)ntˌoʊv(ə)rəˈtʃivmənt
    • By definition, overachievement cannot continue forever.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A lot of my overachievement and confidence comes from that.
      • The 21-year-old from Oxford had not expected to make the final and his seventh place was a rare example of British overachievement in the pool this week.
      • And so begins a lifetime of overachievement and self-identification through testing!
      • The 2005 budget should make more realistic revenue projections so as not to report such overachievement, the IMF resident representative office said on September 14.
  • overachiever

  • noun əʊv(ə)rəˈtʃiːvəˌoʊv(ə)rəˈtʃivər
    • ‘Medicine is one of the great bastions of risk-averse overachievers,’ he said.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There was a turning point in my early teens when I went from being a consummate slacker to an overachiever that nobody liked.
      • The reunion is being organized by the elite overachievers of the class.
      • Quart's dissection of status anxieties is brilliant, but her focus is restricted to academic overachievers bred by upper-income parents.
      • I guess she was so used to being around superficial ego-driven overachievers that three more years of it didn't seem like much of a sacrifice.
 
 

Definition of overachieve in US English:

overachieve

verbˌōvərəˈCHēvˌoʊvərəˈtʃiv
[no object]
  • 1Do better than is expected, especially in academic work.

    David continued to overachieve all through high school
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The leader of an ordinary bunch of footballers who overachieved at the World Cup should have made his exit after the summer extravaganza.
    • For any of the following to succeed, their team must overachieve and get to the latter stages.
    • The defense, where many players are working for the NFL's minimum wage, has overachieved.
    • The next night, he said his players had overachieved in many ways this season.
    • Sweden overachieved in Japan and Korea, winning the ‘group of death’ almost through sheer stubbornness, but their methodical approach is not the sort to bring tournament success.
    • That victory made the Patriots a nice story as the underdogs that overachieved and miraculously had their dreams come true.
    • ‘His team overachieved more than any team in the league,’ Stotts says.
    • After overachieving for most of last season, the Jazz stumbled down the stretch.
    • The Danes often overachieve in tournaments and another quarter-final beckons.
    • We constantly overachieve, and the fact that we've won two Grand Slams in living memory isn't indicative of the strength in our game, but of the wonderful job our national coaches have done.
    • Credit should be given to the players who continue to overachieve when managerial changes and boardroom struggles would have ripped apart most teams.
    • The Sharks overachieved in a lot of people's estimation.
    • On the other hand, with solidarity, as Wimbledon showed in the 1980s, a team can overachieve.
    • In my mind, Van Gundy has overachieved since day one.
    • It's a mistake at this point to confuse ‘inexperienced’ with ‘inept’ - although I hope that Stephen is right and that Cameron has been overachieving.
    • All of his teams overachieved because Herbie understood how to get the best out of each player and make him part of a team.
    • The Cardinals have overachieved to get here and if they get to even 7-9, that will be even more of a feat.
    • It has helped build togetherness in a unit that has overachieved.
    • As he overachieved in one arena after another, he surprised us all.
    • There, she explains, she found friends who had not overachieved in class nor aspired to elected office.
    1. 1.1often as adjective overachieving Be excessively dedicated to achieving success in one's work.
      overachieving geeks
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Those groups who overachieve are seen in this theory as oppressors who must be curbed, if not eliminated.
 
 
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