| 单词 |
over-educate |
| 释义 |
over-ˈeducate, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To educate to excess or for too long. So over-ˈeducated ppl. a.; ˌover-ˈeducatedness.
1845J. S. Mill in Edin. Rev. LXXXI. 510 The fears of the patrons and managers lest the poor should be ‘over-educated’. 1899W. James Talks to Teachers 257 To be imprisoned or shipwrecked or forced into the army would permanently show the good of life to many an over-educated pessimist. 1922N. Coward Coll. Sketches & Lyrics (1931) 24 I've over-educated myself in all the things I shouldn't have known about at all. 1935D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xvii. 364 How many women care..about anybody's intellectual integrity? Only over-educated women like us. 1970Time 19 Oct. 66 Critics contend that..new students are being ‘over-educated’ for non⁓existent jobs. 1970Worship Oct. 491, I distinctly recall how self-conscious I felt of my over-educatedness the moment I sat down with him. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Apr. 43/1 (Advt.), Seattle Professional Man, 36, newly settled, witty, travelled, over-educated, gentle, 5′9{pp}, seeks attractive woman counterpart. |
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