overeducate
verb [ T ] (also over-educate) uk/ˌəʊ.vərˈedʒ.ʊ.keɪt/ us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈedʒ.ə.keɪt/
过度教育
to educate someone more than is necessary or helpful
Our society has reached the point where young people over-educate themselves simply in order to obtain reasonably good jobs. 我们的社会已经到了年轻人过度教育自己只是为了获得好一点的工作的地步。
The market has overeducated us, making our tastes too sophisticated.
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- They have overeducated their children, who are now critical of the roots they came from.
- He has overeducated himself in an attempt to impress his employers.
- It is a golden rule not to over-educate the customer about the product.