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2008.10.21
Success is a fine thing - except when it becomes an all-consuming obsession!
OVERACHIEVE 大きな成功を収める
- To overachieve is to become very successful through hard work because of an extreme (often unhealthy) desire to succeed.
An overachiever is someone who overachieves. - overachieve とは、成功したいという強烈な(しばしば不健全な)願望のもとに、一生懸命に働いて大きな成功を収める、という意味です。
overachiever とは、大きな成功を収める人をさします。
- The pressure to overachieve in my family was intense. Both my parents were college professors, my brother is a surgeon, and my sister is the CEO of an investment banking firm. It was just assumed that I would follow in their footsteps.
- The office is filled with stressed-out overachievers.
- (company president)
I've always been an overachiever. When I joined this company, my goal was to move up through the ranks as quickly as possible, and that's exactly what I did.
You can feel good about what you've accomplished here today. Well done!