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전문 강사outplayed or overplayed?
Hello!
This is a test question from Language Practice Intermediate book.
"Our team was completely.............. played by the team from Wales."
Which is correct 'outplayed' or 'overplayed'? Why?
2020년 1월 29일 오후 3:30
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The correct answer is "outplayed." The verb "outplay" means "to play better than." You may have seen the prefix "out" in other words, like "outsmart," as in "He was a clever man who used his strategical genius to outsmart his opponents." As you may have guessed from the sentence, "outsmart" means "to defeat or get the better of someone by being clever or cunning." We can see from these two examples that the prefix "out" means to out-do someone at something; e.g. to do it better than them. "Our team was completely outplayed by the team from Wales" means that the team from Wales played better than us, and therefore (we assume) won against us. Hope this helps :)
2020년 1월 29일
And overplayed so you know means when someone makes something seem more important than it is.
give undue importance to; overemphasise.
give undue importance to; overemphasize.
"he thinks the idea of a special relationship between sitter and artist is much overplayed"
exaggerate the performance of (a dramatic role).
"the uncontrollable urge of ham actors to overplay their parts"
"ham actor" = amateur actor or a not very good actor
2020년 1월 30일
Outplayed
2020년 1월 30일
Outplayed. That means a team is much better.
2020년 1월 29일
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