| 单词 | overambitious |
| 例句 | “My old friend Thutra took me one morning to a cupboard, and showed me a cup with a handle, and two arm bands. One of them was overambitious.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Ernest now discovered one hazard of overambitious planning: the cost overrun. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “My father was always somewhat overambitious,” she starts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The PAC put forward a dramatic and overambitious program that promised quick solutions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, they feel like material worked up from magazine profiles or overambitious efforts to anatomise a nation through its celebrities. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer – review 2013-06-17T07:30:01Z This was ostensibly a documentary about a talented but overambitious young lad who would learn from his mistakes before he jeopardised a bright future. Britain's Youngest Head Chef 2013-04-18T06:00:08Z In a sense it was the oldest second-season story in the TV book; an overambitious first season leading to a messy and confused second season. Ichabod and Abbie still haven’t kissed: The best work marriage since Mulder and Scully is back on “Sleepy Hollow” 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z She celebrates my overambitious nature, and understands why I have sometimes found it hard in circles of my own age. 'She's 85 and can out-dance me': the joy of the age-gap friendship 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z A lesser-known story concerning Daedalus, the mechanical engineer and inventor who created the wings for his overambitious son, Icarus, is instructive. Leave Stephen King alone: “Misery,” income inequality and the connection between jealousy and creativity 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Natalie has taught there since 1965, and I only need to catch her eye, or that of the course director, Elisa Palomino, to know whether a student is being overambitious – or lazy. The great Grayson Perry frock competition 2013-07-08T04:59:02Z “The word implied something bombastic and overambitious, which seemed accurate enough,” Mr. Tomkins quoted her as saying. Jennifer Bartlett, Conceptual Painter on a Vast Scale, Dies at 81 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Iger has since admitted that Disney may have been overambitious in its attempts to release a new Star Wars movie every year, a policy that Kennedy must surely have played a part in implementing. Will Kevin Feige's Star Wars film spell the end for the George Lucas era? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z I derided Manhattan as consumptive, overambitious and soulless. Driving 2,130 Miles for a Haircut 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Each new play is putatively the work of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a troupe of overambitious amateur thespians. In This ‘Peter Pan,’ Something Always Goes Awry. That’s the Plan. 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z This overstuffed and perhaps overambitious hour was created by and stars Family Guy mastermind Seth MacFarlane and yet plays it entirely straight. The 8 Best New Fall TV Shows You Should Watch 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Their freshness of perspective and zeal for the scoop are evident, but the result doesn’t sound like an overambitious whodunit by novices—the podcast is fairly hubris-free, and its narrative scope extends beyond crime-solving. “The Hurricane Tapes”: Will a British Podcast Solve the Hurricane Carter Case? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Elsewhere there are plenty of crossroads and roads less taken, not to mention references to “On the Road,” from which the show derives its overambitious title. Review: A Girl’s Kerouac Dreams Go Astray in ‘The Mad Ones’ 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z If Fey and company are wise, they won't try to go out with some horribly overambitious finale, like "Cheers" and "Seinfeld" did. Is this the end of "30 Rock"? 2011-04-06T18:23:00Z Anxiety about rock’s fading commercial prospects tends to focus on its bloated center, the overambitious bands like Imagine Dragons who aim for grand scale but have little substance to fill it in. New Albums From Sirens, Zaleski and Miller 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The film may be overambitious, both technically and narratively, but Alwyn is ingratiating in his film debut, and “Billy Lynn” definitely deserves a look. Best empty theaters: the 10 best films without an audience in 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z He was initially expected to miss two to four weeks with the current injury, a timetable that turned out to be a bit overambitious. Jets QB Wilson out until at least Week 4, Flacco to start 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Amazon Care wanted to have the agility of a start-up, but the company was sometimes overambitious about the scope and speed of the operation, three former employees said. Amazon’s health ambitions sometimes clashed with medical best practices, nurses say 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Just ask former President George W. Bush, who led the United States into overambitious wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Premature self-congratulation won't help the U.S. in Ukraine 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z “That said, I think if the guy wasn’t so positive, or overambitious about the timelines, I don’t know if Prime Air would exist.” Amazon’s drone delivery program is hit by crashes and safety concerns 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Last year, Chasanow dismissed a previous version of the lawsuit, writing that it was an “overambitious pleading” and that the women hadn’t shown they had a case on various claims. Judge tosses most of lawsuit focused on sexual assault cases 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z After a poor qualifying left both their drivers outside the top 10, the two Ferraris were squeezed together on the opening lap as Charles Leclerc was overambitious in diving up the inside through turn three. Lewis Hamilton wins Styrian GP from pole after Ferraris collide on first lap 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z “What seems to some to be marginal or overambitious is going to become common sense pretty quickly.” Analysis | The pandemic strengthens the case for universal basic income 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z No sooner is it over than mine start planning next year’s costumes – their ideas are always insanely overambitious, and usually only tangentially related to books. World Book Day isn’t about fancy dress (apologies to the boy who went as a giant atlas) | Alice O'Keeffe 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Zola is less successful when it gets overambitious. Zola proves that a viral Twitter thread can make a great movie 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss. Movies on TV this week: 'Young Frankenstein' and more 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Then there was the Australian attack that was often poorly executed and at times overambitious. Cheika unlikely to survive as Australia stumbles to RWC exit 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Tyrion’s jokes land well, though Sansa gets the biggest laugh of the night with a simple “Sit down” aimed at her overambitious uncle. Game of Thrones worked best as a communal experience 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The Fed’s domestic, closed-economy bias adds even more obstacles to an already overambitious adventure in policy-making. Opinion | The Fault Lies in R-Star and in Ourselves 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Some analysts said that target could be overambitious. More Potash Coming to an Already Crowded Fertilizer Market 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z In hindsight, the list of deliverables that Obama promised under the banner of Change may have been overambitious: Exit the bad war in Iraq. A Spymaster Steps Out of the Shadows 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Max Verstappen was the leader of the two but he was overambitious making a move on Hamilton and went off, losing his place to Ricciardo. Daniel Ricciardo wins Chinese Grand Prix as Verstappen clips Vettel 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Qualcomm, left to its own devices, would continue to spend shareholders' money on overambitious expansion schemes, they said. Mr. Tan goes to Washington: the undoing of Broadcom's $117-billion bid for Qualcomm 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “On the Turkish side the rationale is more comprehensive, and perhaps overambitious. Driving the YPG southwards, away from the Turkish borders, would decrease the group’s ability to support Kurdish rebels in Turkey.” 'Curse in Syria': Turkish actions bring conflict to Kurds in Afrin 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “So bad they’re good” movies tend to be overambitious productions that get away from their creators, with ludicrous plots and bad special effects. The Disaster Artist is a hilarious meta-commentary on filmmaking 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The crowdfunding campaign grew considerable attention – but in reality the park was a wildly overambitious proposition, with the funding only able to cover a test run of the skylights that would filter daylight underground. Want to join New York's High Line crowd? Don't listen to Joanna Lumley 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Brooks stacks up one classic comic set-piece after another, in what becomes a commentary on the stubborn arrogance of one overambitious man. New video: In 'Gifted,' Chris Evans as a different kind of hero 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z "She is let down by her overambitious structure and a lack of sufficient tension. Hawkins does not quite pass the second-book test." Paula Hawkins' new novel Into The Water confuses critics - BBC News 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s overambitious to want to end an 83-race winless streak with the most prestigious checkered flag in the sport. Kasey Kahne needs to get his career out of the pits 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z We planned a global archive, but talking to colleagues in the United States and elsewhere quickly showed that this was overambitious. The debate over GM crops is making history 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Political protest plans often are overambitious and in this case, success will be difficult to measure. Bernie Fans Say 'Fart-In' Against Hillary Will Go On 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z “Everyone is way overambitious when it comes to Thanksgiving,” said Jonathan Waxman, the chef of Jams and Barbuto in New York City. Thanksgiving in 3 Hours or Less: No-Stress Recipes for Easy Feasting 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Their derelict rides and overgrown landscapes should serve as a warning for overambitious developers in Europe. Bumpy rides ahead 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z It ended the annual congressional can-kicking known as the “doc fix,” the result of overambitious cost-cutting targets for payments to physicians. Finally, a break in the congressional gridlock? 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z He cautions: “But stay away from overambitious oncologists, and let’s stop wasting billions trying to cure cancer, potentially leaving us to die a much more horrible death.” Why Yes, We Should Treat Cancer 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Solar energy was once generally considered an overambitious pie-in-the-sky idea, incapable of competing with and prohibitively more expensive than conventional forms of energy. Solar Demand Lends Support To Silver Prices 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Being careful not to be seen as overambitious in the United States, the company is developing contacts, gleaning information about consumers and closely studying the leaders. Alibaba’s American Aspirations 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z While those estimates would appear wildly overambitious, there may yet be hope for Tesla in China further down the road, or to be more precise, further down the race track. Could Formula E Give Tesla A Jumpstart In China? 2014-04-25T14:00:00Z The next moment he was unceremoniously dumped from the company, which then folded, the victim of overambitious expansion and Japanese competition. Schumpeter: Munk’s tale 2014-04-16T14:55:18Z Yet an overambitious expansion plan and falling sales led to a wave of employee exits and a painful retrenchment. DealBook: Rich Start-Ups Go Back for Another Helping 2014-04-14T02:09:23Z One overambitious brewery officially took its favorite show too literally. There’s Now A ‘Walking Dead’ Beer Made Out Of Real Brains 2014-03-28T13:00:38Z “I don’t want to be overambitious,” he told reporters in Taipei. China and Taiwan Hold First Official Talks Since Civil War 2014-02-11T10:43:47Z The government is an inept purchaser of private services: indecisive, ponderous, overambitious, and wasteful. How the iPod President Crashed: Obama's Broken Technology Promise 2013-10-31T10:00:57Z The report said that the scheme was "overambitious" and poor value for money. Universal Credit scheme rolls out 2013-10-28T01:04:16Z Universal credit is designed to help working age people looking for work The government's flagship welfare reform has been badly managed, is "overambitious" and poor value for money, the spending watchdog has said. Flagship welfare policy 'poor value' 2013-09-04T23:36:18Z Which seems a little overambitious for a man who was to retire with a Test average of 6.05. 20 great Ashes moments No6: Shane Warne hat-trick at the MCG, 1994 2013-05-16T09:51:20Z Meanwhile, it also warned that the government's timetable to start phase one of the project was "overambitious". HS2 rail benefits are 'unclear' 2013-05-15T23:03:07Z Instead, it was the reckless conduct of its overambitious banks, which lent aggressively to Greece. The Cyprus Bailout Question 2013-01-10T20:56:50Z Some charge that his announced policies, which include cutting the deficit massively by 2017 and putting money into growth-oriented projects to achieve a spurt of 3.5% next year, are overambitious and short on detail. France: François Hollande's opportunity 2012-06-11T19:09:48Z I can’t discount that this is a lofty—if perhaps overambitious—goal or that the CWG is comprised of people who want to help the rhinos. 160 Video Cameras to Help Monitor Last 35 Javan Rhinos 2012-04-27T15:15:00.450Z It is not surprising, therefore, that Congress acted slowly in regard to the overambitious Wisconsin project, and that it was nearly fourteen and a half years before a railway was actually opened in this State. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy thinks that the programme was overambitious and ill-conceived. Biodefence: Pentagon rethinks bioterror effort 2011-09-21T17:20:20.410Z Ruth McNerney, a tuberculosis expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, described WHO's plan as "overambitious." Drug-resistant TB spreading fast in Europe 2011-09-14T01:16:05Z The government's current aim is to put 1m "new energy" vehicles on the roads by 2015 – electrics and plug-in hybrids – but this now looks overambitious. China's love affair with the car shuns green vehicles 2011-08-24T08:08:28Z The best TV farewells are mostly business-as-usual — like the final "Mary Tyler Moore Show" — and not overwrought, overambitious detours, as in the melodramatic "MASH" swan song or the last, tragicomic episode of "Seinfeld." Rosenthal: Oprah's farewell stands out 2011-05-18T07:00:00Z There was no point in trying to restore Connaught Place and getting overambitious and then not finishing anything. Showcase for India Becomes Fiasco 2010-09-23T15:52:00Z But some fund managers dispute this, however, attributing the struggles of some deals to overambitious pricing. Slim pickings for Europe's equities bankers 2010-07-29T13:24:00Z There is, however, ample evidence of the costs being overambitious; countries left with underused stadiums and facilities which are ruinously expensive to maintain. Footing the bill 2010-06-04T07:18:00Z "This may suggest that all the parties are being overambitious in the extent to which they expect spending on public services to take the strain", Chote said. General election 2010: Thinktank attacks parties over spending cuts 2010-04-27T11:53:00Z They used words such as promising, uneven, overambitious, gifted. Fanny Herself There may be greater momentary strength in the overambitious truth, but the strength that is brought by the humble human truth is far more earnest and patient. Wisdom and Destiny |
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