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单词 overhype
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Definition of overhype in English:

overhype

verb
[with object]
  • Make exaggerated claims about (a product, idea, or event); publicize or promote excessively.

    the film was overhyped by the press
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In short, e-learning has quickly gone from being an interesting and sometimes overhyped concept to being a practical, powerful business tool.
    • That's why the first round, in my mind, has become the most overrated, overhyped aspect of an overrated, overhyped event.
    • So is the fixed/wireless network an inevitable leap forward or destined to become another overhyped technological promise?
    • We all know that New Year's 2000 was one of the most overhyped events of our lifetimes.
    • How do you react to those who say that it was overhyped?
    • But ABN stops short of admitting it completely overhyped the price.
    • Intel has been seriously overhyping WiMax for a couple of years now.
    • There are some elements of ‘social software’ that are clearly overhyped.
    • As a former (evidently short-lived) vegetarian, I find vegetarianism to be overhyped and often misrepresented.
    • Despite being excessively overhyped, the new Tiger Woods authorized DVD collection is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
    • I think the rush towards outsourcing is overhyped.
    • Sadly, the film is being ludicrously overhyped, and thus many may end up feeling a bit let down upon actually seeing it.
    • The idea was heavily overhyped by the anti-PC crowd but it's not clear that real sales ever got out of double figures.
    • There have been a bunch of completely overhyped stories lately about various mobile phone viruses that weren't really viruses at all.
    • Last, but not least, is the prospect of computer warfare, the actual risk of which is not fully understood, leading some observers to claim it has been overhyped.
    • True, telecommuting has been overhyped for years.
    • Green offers three reasons why he thinks cyberterrorism has been overhyped.
    • It's one of the few things in sport that is not overhyped.
    • In recent memory, two prize winners have been overhyped and that does not impress the world.
    • When so many overhyped events fail to deliver, this should be a welcome refresher course on how to have a good time.
noun
mass noun
  • Excessive publicity or promotion.

    the hard sell and the overhype make the discerning fan suspicious
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their biggest fear now are the sharks of overhype.
    • But even as the winners seemed to compete for the crowns of dumb and dumber, the barrage of overhype left everyone numb and number.
    • There's been a lot of overhype and wild exuberance about multibillion-dollar markets waiting to be taken, but this is the real deal here at Kodak.
    • To avoid the unnecessary overhype, I probably would change the headline to ‘may change your world’.
    • Worried about speculation and new-club overhype, the owners kept the very existence of the bar a secret until only two weeks before opening last August.
 
 

Definition of overhype in US English:

overhype

verbˌōvərˈhīp
[with object]
  • Make exaggerated claims about (a product, idea, or event); publicize or promote excessively.

    it would appear that the organizers overhyped the crowd size
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Intel has been seriously overhyping WiMax for a couple of years now.
    • As a former (evidently short-lived) vegetarian, I find vegetarianism to be overhyped and often misrepresented.
    • How do you react to those who say that it was overhyped?
    • But ABN stops short of admitting it completely overhyped the price.
    • Sadly, the film is being ludicrously overhyped, and thus many may end up feeling a bit let down upon actually seeing it.
    • In recent memory, two prize winners have been overhyped and that does not impress the world.
    • I think the rush towards outsourcing is overhyped.
    • There are some elements of ‘social software’ that are clearly overhyped.
    • True, telecommuting has been overhyped for years.
    • It's one of the few things in sport that is not overhyped.
    • Last, but not least, is the prospect of computer warfare, the actual risk of which is not fully understood, leading some observers to claim it has been overhyped.
    • In short, e-learning has quickly gone from being an interesting and sometimes overhyped concept to being a practical, powerful business tool.
    • Despite being excessively overhyped, the new Tiger Woods authorized DVD collection is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
    • When so many overhyped events fail to deliver, this should be a welcome refresher course on how to have a good time.
    • That's why the first round, in my mind, has become the most overrated, overhyped aspect of an overrated, overhyped event.
    • There have been a bunch of completely overhyped stories lately about various mobile phone viruses that weren't really viruses at all.
    • We all know that New Year's 2000 was one of the most overhyped events of our lifetimes.
    • The idea was heavily overhyped by the anti-PC crowd but it's not clear that real sales ever got out of double figures.
    • So is the fixed/wireless network an inevitable leap forward or destined to become another overhyped technological promise?
    • Green offers three reasons why he thinks cyberterrorism has been overhyped.
nounˌōvərˈhīp
  • Excessive publicity or promotion.

    were the media more rational about it, the unmistakable taste of overhype would not be so strong
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their biggest fear now are the sharks of overhype.
    • But even as the winners seemed to compete for the crowns of dumb and dumber, the barrage of overhype left everyone numb and number.
    • To avoid the unnecessary overhype, I probably would change the headline to ‘may change your world’.
    • Worried about speculation and new-club overhype, the owners kept the very existence of the bar a secret until only two weeks before opening last August.
    • There's been a lot of overhype and wild exuberance about multibillion-dollar markets waiting to be taken, but this is the real deal here at Kodak.
 
 
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