英:[əʊvəkə'rekt]
美:[oʊvəkə'rekt]
英:[əʊvəkə'rekt]
美:[oʊvəkə'rekt]
verb
intransitive verb
to make too much of a correction : to adjust too much in attempting to offset an error, miscalculation, or problem The driver of the Acura then overcorrected to the right, and as he came near the shoulder, his car was struck by a Toyota sport utility vehicle …—The Houston Chronicle Your first instinct will be to overcorrect every time your drone is headed somewhere you don't want it to go.—Scott Gilbertson
If the soup tastes bland, don't overcorrect by adding too much salt.
The first known use of overcorrect was in 1827
overcorrecttransitive verb
to apply a correction to in excess of that required (as for satisfactory performance)specifically: to correct (a lens) beyond the point of achromatism or so that there is aberration of a kind opposite to that of the uncorrected lens
1 The temptation might be there to overcorrect from the isolation of the past year once things start opening up, but don’t give in.
2 Still, experts like Professor Gostin at Georgetown University fear that in the absence of data, the world will overcorrect — only to find during the next pandemic that new restrictions have slowed access to medicine, delayed rescue workers and needlessly damaged fragile economies.
3 There’s a possibility, some economists argue, that the Fed has already brought inflation down and the delay in that showing up in the numbers is causing the central bank to overcorrect, propelling the economy into an unnecessary downturn.
4 But if pollsters overcorrect — or if the balance of pollsters has shifted too far toward the Republican-leaning outfits — there would be a chance that the polls underestimate Democrats.
5 But Democrats shouldn’t overcorrect.
6 Losing sight of those principles can cost much more than trying to overcorrect with each change in government oversight. Restructure core meetings for improved productivity.
7 Analysts worry that if the economy remains strong, and central bankers over whether lower inflation is truly a trend, the Fed will overcorrect and push the United States into an unnecessary recession.
8 That comment helped to soothe investors, who have spent weeks worrying that the Fed might decide to overcorrect after moving too slowly away from policies aimed at stoking growth.
9 Yet it is also essential that nations resist the temptation to overcorrect by imposing regulations that would stifle innovation and choke off growth.
但是,国家对通过强加可能会扼杀创新和经济增长的调控,尝试矫枉过正的抵制也同样十分必要。