make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;
"he is compensating for being a bad father"
make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
双语例句
1. Overcompensate for mistakes.
过度补偿错误。
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2. You must overcompensate for my loss.
你必须超常赔偿我的损失。
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3. They overcompensate and end up on the passive end of the spectrum.
他们过度补偿从而让自己处于消极的一端。
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4. Don't make excuses, beat yourself up, or overcompensate for your error.
不要找借口，被自己打败或矫枉过正。
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5. Do you feel like because you're a white boy, you got to overcompensate sometimes?
因为你认为你是个白人小子，所以你有时为了自卑而反应过度？
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6. I have found that I need to overcompensate for my "soft" appearance in order to get my point across.
我发现要达到我的愿望，我需要克服我温和的外表这一关。
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7. The danger, Mr Illarionov says, is that Mr Medvedev may try to overcompensate for his lack of a security background.
Illarionov先生讲道，现在所面临的危险是梅德韦捷夫可能会极力过度补偿他在安全后台的势力。
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8. The key is to make sure that you don't overcompensate and end up taking in more calories than you're actually burning.
关键是你要确定你没有过度地犒劳了你自己，以至于进食了比你所燃烧的更多的热量。
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9. Thus, market pundits don't just miss the huge surprises no one could foresee; they also tend to overcompensate for small ones.
因此，市场权威人士不仅会错过没人能够预见到的大意外，也很容易会因为一些小意外而做出过度调整。
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10. The groups tend to overcompensate by creating contracts and specifications prior to designing, developing, and integrating code.
组织倾向于过度在创建合同和规格上工作，而不是在设计、开发和集成上。
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11. In practice, it turned out that it was better to overcompensate for the inward yaw on outsides, to add a bit of outward yaw to improve line tension.
在实践中，原来这是更好地为来弥补对内外引起向内偏转，增加了外向偏航位来改善生产线的紧张局势。
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12. One common eating mistake among runners is that they overcompensate for the calories burned by exercise with extra calories from more food and beverages.
一个在跑步者中常见的饮食错误是他们用更多的食物和饮料的中额外卡路里来过度补偿锻炼消耗掉的卡路里。
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13. Named after the legendary general and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, the condition describes men of small build who have an inferiority complex and overcompensate for it.
这一情结以拿破仑的名字来命名，用以描述那些实际上有自卑心理却因此变的野心勃勃的小个子。
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14. If and when you have insecurities, don't defer to your subordinates or overcompensate by micromanaging every little task; keep in mind that you also have to show confidence in your team.
当你感到不安时，不要传染给你的下属或者开始事事关心搞得紧张兮兮的；记住你还是需要在团队中展示自信。
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15. If and when you have insecurities, don't defer to your subordinates or overcompensate by micromanaging every little task; keep in mind that you also have to show confidence in your team.
