oversell

o·ver·sell /ˌəʊvəˈsel $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp oversold /-ˈsəʊld $ -ˈsoʊld/) [transitiveT]

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

Examples from the Corpus

oversell• The movie was oversold and ended up disappointing everyone.

From Longman Business Dictionary

oversello·ver·sell /ˌəʊvəˈselˌoʊvər-/ (also over-sell) verb (past tensepst and past participlepp oversold /-ˈsəʊld-ˈsoʊld/) [transitiveT]

1MARKETINGto say that something you are selling is better, more useful etc than it really is

Vendors 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 available

They regularly oversold seats on their flights.

—overselling noun [uncountableU]

He’s investigating the possible overselling of time-share resorts.

词汇	oversell
释义	oversell o·ver·sell /ˌəʊvəˈsel $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp oversold /-ˈsəʊld $ -ˈsoʊld/) [transitiveT] 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 Examples from the Corpus oversell• The movie was oversold and ended up disappointing everyone. From Longman Business Dictionary oversello·ver·sell /ˌəʊvəˈselˌoʊvər-/ (also over-sell) verb (past tensepst and past participlepp oversold /-ˈsəʊld-ˈsoʊld/) [transitiveT] 1MARKETINGto say that something you are selling is better, more useful etc than it really is Vendors 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 available They regularly oversold seats on their flights. —overselling noun [uncountableU] He’s investigating the possible overselling of time-share resorts.
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