oversell
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++o·ver·sell /ˌəʊvəˈsel $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle oversold /-ˈsəʊld $ -ˈsoʊld/) [transitive] 1 PRAISEto praise someone or something too much 对〔某人或某事〕赞扬过多，吹捧 Tourism on the island is oversold. 这个岛上的旅游业被吹嘘得过头了。2. to sell more of something than is actually available 过多销售，空头销售→ See Verb table
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oversell• The movie was oversold and ended up disappointing everyone.From Longman Business Dictionaryoversello‧ver‧sell /ˌəʊvəˈselˌoʊvər-/ (also over-sell) verb (past tense and past participle oversold /-ˈsəʊld-ˈsoʊld/) [transitive]1MARKETINGto say that something you are selling is better, more useful etc than it really isVendors tend to oversell the software. That gives people more confidence to work with it than they should have.2COMMERCEto sell more of something than is availableThey regularly oversold seats on their flights. —overselling noun [uncountable]He’s investigating the possible overselling of time-share resorts.→ See Verb tableo·ver·sell verbChineseSyllable
praise too Business something to someone or Corpus much
oversell
o‧ver‧sell /ˌəʊvəˈsel $ ˌoʊvər-/
verb (past tense and past participle oversold /-ˈsəʊld $ -ˈsoʊld/) [transitive]
1. to praise someone or something too much:
Tourism on the island is oversold.
2. to sell more of something than is actually available
o‧ver‧sell /ˌəʊvəˈsel $ ˌoʊvər-/
verb (past tense and past participle oversold /-ˈsəʊld $ -ˈsoʊld/) [transitive]1. to praise someone or something too much:
2. to sell more of something than is actually available