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单词 overconfident
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Definition of overconfident in English:

overconfident

adjective əʊvəˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ntˌoʊvərˈkɑnfəd(ə)nt
  • Excessively confident.

    过于自信的,自负的

    Sarah's downfall came through being overconfident
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And that is what makes the investigators anxious because they think he will become overconfident and slip up.
    • More appropriately, I had become overconfident in my abilities.
    • I thought it would be good for me to look at someone every day who was overconfident, who misjudged the odds and his own abilities, and who lost everything.
    • As stupid as they seemed - one overconfident, one not confident enough - the two mercenaries were the best men for this job.
    • Of course, there are always people who are overconfident about these hurricanes.
    • He then pulled off an upset when the overconfident incumbent barely set foot in the state during the election.
    • Despite Sinclair's advice I do not feel overconfident as I phone the hotel.
    • Lack of understanding makes them overconfident.
    • In Morocco, while strutting along as an overconfident tourist, Wright bumped into some persistent muggers.
    • Organizations are powerful tools, however recalcitrant, but they can also be very presumptuous and overconfident.
    • Instead, it seems to have made the players overconfident.
    • He was overconfident, discourteous and condescending.
    • There's a reason we feel confident, but I hardly feel overconfident.
    • The two detectives are a hard-edged tough guy and a showboating, overconfident rookie.
    • We may be overconfident about our abilities in this regard, but there are data for our judgments.
    • All I add is a note of caution, lest those who now mock become overconfident and leave themselves open to having the tables turned.
    • Scientists advocating aggressive models of warming may be right - or they may be overconfident.
    • Like many overconfident, would-be sailors, he simply went overboard.
    • Toward the end of his term, he had become overconfident.
    • I figured he must've been overconfident about his power.
    Synonyms
    cocksure, smug, conceited, self-assured, self-assertive, unabashed, brash, swaggering, blustering, overbearing, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, riding/heading for a fall, foolhardy
    informal cocky, too big for one's boots
    rare hubristic

Derivatives

  • overconfidently

  • adverb ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ntliˌoʊvərˈkɑnfəd(ə)ntli
    • It is noteworthy, too, that the stock market does not appear fully sold on the recovery story - though some might argue that here, too, recovery has already - and overconfidently - been built in to existing ratings.

Definition of overconfident in US English:

overconfident

adjectiveˌōvərˈkänfəd(ə)ntˌoʊvərˈkɑnfəd(ə)nt
  • Excessively or unreasonably confident.

    过于自信的,自负的

    mistakes made through being overconfident
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I figured he must've been overconfident about his power.
    • More appropriately, I had become overconfident in my abilities.
    • Toward the end of his term, he had become overconfident.
    • I thought it would be good for me to look at someone every day who was overconfident, who misjudged the odds and his own abilities, and who lost everything.
    • There's a reason we feel confident, but I hardly feel overconfident.
    • All I add is a note of caution, lest those who now mock become overconfident and leave themselves open to having the tables turned.
    • And that is what makes the investigators anxious because they think he will become overconfident and slip up.
    • Of course, there are always people who are overconfident about these hurricanes.
    • The two detectives are a hard-edged tough guy and a showboating, overconfident rookie.
    • Like many overconfident, would-be sailors, he simply went overboard.
    • Instead, it seems to have made the players overconfident.
    • Scientists advocating aggressive models of warming may be right - or they may be overconfident.
    • Lack of understanding makes them overconfident.
    • As stupid as they seemed - one overconfident, one not confident enough - the two mercenaries were the best men for this job.
    • Despite Sinclair's advice I do not feel overconfident as I phone the hotel.
    • We may be overconfident about our abilities in this regard, but there are data for our judgments.
    • He then pulled off an upset when the overconfident incumbent barely set foot in the state during the election.
    • He was overconfident, discourteous and condescending.
    • Organizations are powerful tools, however recalcitrant, but they can also be very presumptuous and overconfident.
    • In Morocco, while strutting along as an overconfident tourist, Wright bumped into some persistent muggers.
    Synonyms
    cocksure, smug, conceited, self-assured, self-assertive, unabashed, brash, swaggering, blustering, overbearing, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, heading for a fall, riding for a fall, foolhardy
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