【句子】I don't know. You seem kinda overqualified.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/aɪ/ /dəʊnt/ /nəʊ/ /juː/ /siːm/ /ˈkaɪn.də/ /ˌəʊ.vəˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/ /ˌəʊ.vərˈkwɑːl.ɪ.faɪd/

【发音技巧】don't know不完全爆破；

【翻译】我说不好，你在这里似乎有些大材小用了。

【适用场合】

今天我们学习一下overqualified这个单词的用法。

它可以理解成having more knowledge, skill, and experience than is needed for a particular job；

所以其实就是“（对某一工作而言）资历过高的，大材小用的”这样的意思；

eg: The problem with employing people who are overqualified for the job is that they often don't stay in it for long.

雇佣资历过高的人的问题是，他们通常不会在该职位上做很久。

eg: They didn't hire her because she was overqualified for the job.

他们没有雇佣她，因为她对这个职位来说，资历过高了。

eg: Sarah felt overqualified working as a waitress. She used to be a head chef in a famous hotel, and serving coffee made her feel her skills were being wasted.

莎拉觉得做服务员是大材小用。她曾经是一家著名酒店的大厨，现在端咖啡让她觉得自己的技能被浪费了。

eg: After graduating from university with a degree in finance, Tom took a job as a simple office clerk. His friends told him he was overqualified, but he needed the money.

汤姆在大学获得了金融学位后，找到了一份简单的办公室文员工作。他的朋友们都说他大材小用了，但他当时需要钱。

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Using that powerful, expensive computer just for web browsing and watching movies is overqualified. A much cheaper one could do the same job.