OVERACHIEVEの意味、大きな成功を収める

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2008.10.21

Success is a fine thing - except when it becomes an all-consuming obsession!

Today's Lesson
OVERACHIEVE   大きな成功を収める

Explanation

  • 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。

OVERACHIEVE

examples

  1. 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.
  2. The office is filled with stressed-out overachievers.
  3. (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.

英会話レッスンYou can feel good about what you've accomplished here today. Well done!