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Definition of overcompensate in English: overcompensateverb əʊvəˈkɒmpɛnseɪtˌoʊvərˈkɑmpənˌseɪt [no object]Take excessive measures in attempting to correct or make amends for an error, weakness, or problem. （对错误、缺陷、问题）采取过度补救措施；过分地弥补 he was overcompensating for fears about the future 他正在做许多不必要的事来消除对将来的恐惧。 Example sentencesExamples - In other words, after the two workouts, your glycogen stores are so depleted that your body overcompensates by loading your muscles with more glycogen than normal.
- And don't overcompensate by eating excessively at your next meal.
- You could argue that they're overcompensating for their previous argument.
- But when nature's protective mechanism overcompensates and precautions aren't taken, there is a danger of blood clots.
- I think we designers are aware of this messiness, and overcompensate for it by attempting to obliterate every trace of it from our work.
- Derek constantly overcompensates for his lack of intelligence by proclaiming himself the smartest man alive.
- He's overcompensating for scenes like this.
- Because I knew this was a weakness of mine, I overcompensated by buying more science kits and books than one family could use in a couple of lifetimes.
- He may have been overcompensating for the other side.
- Increasing the collar settings compensates for the mismatch initially, and beyond an optimal collar setting, overcompensates.
- But we all know he's overcompensating for his small point total.
- There may have been feelings too painful to probe, feelings for which he overcompensated by an excess of not entirely convincing sardonic mockery.
- Her obsession with belonging and entitlement prompt her to overcompensate for attributes she lacks.
- While excessive weight can lead to bone and joint problems and even depression, our data show that regular physical activity more than overcompensates for a little bit of extra weight.
- Resist the temptation to overcompensate for the extremes of one parent.
- The writer's imagination tries to overcompensate for his creative block by riding roughshod over any possible allusion to reality in his domestic environment.
- Perhaps she was overcompensating for the lies, but he seemed to have a way of drawing out certain bits of information.
- Adam starts to lose his mind, Michael is terrified and Edward consistently overcompensates by turning everything into a joke.
- Often when a perfectionist fails to meet a goal - say, running six miles - she'll try to overcompensate by aiming even farther, so the next day she'll try for eight miles.
- Was he overcompensating in order to make good news sound better?
Derivativesadverbəʊvəˈkɒmpɛnseɪtɪŋliˌoʊvərˈkɑmpənˌseɪdɪŋli Man, these overcompensatingly macho, testosterone-fuelled, and totally Orwellian ‘operation’ names are getting to be too much.
noun əʊvəˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)nˌoʊvərˌkɑmp(ə)nˈseɪʃ(ə)n But there is an actuality of financial interest which justifies disqualification because of the potential for bias, the fear of bias, or, if you like, overcompensation the other way. Example sentencesExamples - Her stridency on this particular point suggests overcompensation: the professionalism she so decried in her public writings was perhaps so troubling because she was so implicated in it herself.
- The reasons behind this may well be the influence of their parents' overcompensation for their distance from the old country, in the way they try to reconstruct that culture for their children's upbringing.
- A ratio greater than 1.0 indicates overcompensation.
- But the facade always smacked of overcompensation.
adjectiveəʊvəkɒmpɛnˈseɪtəri While some plants from grassland or desert habitats undergo overcompensatory growth in response to defoliation, it is unlikely that perennial forest herbs can do so.
Definition of overcompensate in US English: overcompensateverbˌōvərˈkämpənˌsātˌoʊvərˈkɑmpənˌseɪt [no object]Take excessive measures in attempting to correct or make amends for an error, weakness, or problem. （对错误、缺陷、问题）采取过度补救措施；过分地弥补 he was overcompensating for fears about the future 他正在做许多不必要的事来消除对将来的恐惧。 Example sentencesExamples - He may have been overcompensating for the other side.
- Increasing the collar settings compensates for the mismatch initially, and beyond an optimal collar setting, overcompensates.
- Was he overcompensating in order to make good news sound better?
- Resist the temptation to overcompensate for the extremes of one parent.
- There may have been feelings too painful to probe, feelings for which he overcompensated by an excess of not entirely convincing sardonic mockery.
- The writer's imagination tries to overcompensate for his creative block by riding roughshod over any possible allusion to reality in his domestic environment.
- But when nature's protective mechanism overcompensates and precautions aren't taken, there is a danger of blood clots.
- Often when a perfectionist fails to meet a goal - say, running six miles - she'll try to overcompensate by aiming even farther, so the next day she'll try for eight miles.
- But we all know he's overcompensating for his small point total.
- Perhaps she was overcompensating for the lies, but he seemed to have a way of drawing out certain bits of information.
- In other words, after the two workouts, your glycogen stores are so depleted that your body overcompensates by loading your muscles with more glycogen than normal.
- Derek constantly overcompensates for his lack of intelligence by proclaiming himself the smartest man alive.
- He's overcompensating for scenes like this.
- I think we designers are aware of this messiness, and overcompensate for it by attempting to obliterate every trace of it from our work.
- And don't overcompensate by eating excessively at your next meal.
- While excessive weight can lead to bone and joint problems and even depression, our data show that regular physical activity more than overcompensates for a little bit of extra weight.
- Her obsession with belonging and entitlement prompt her to overcompensate for attributes she lacks.
- You could argue that they're overcompensating for their previous argument.
- Adam starts to lose his mind, Michael is terrified and Edward consistently overcompensates by turning everything into a joke.
- Because I knew this was a weakness of mine, I overcompensated by buying more science kits and books than one family could use in a couple of lifetimes.
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