| 单词 | overeat |
| 释义 | overeat verb[I] uk/ˌəʊ.vərˈiːt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈiːt/overate|overeatentoeatmorefoodthanyourbodyneeds,especiallyso that youfeeluncomfortablyfull 吃得太多；（尤指）吃得过饱Synonyms bingeinformal gorge overindulge Eating
overeat| American Dictionaryovereat verb[I] us/ˌoʊ·vərˈit/past tenseoverateus/ˌoʊ·vərˈeɪt/|past participleovereatenus/ˌoʊ·vərˈi·tən/toeatmorefoodthanyourbodyneeds,esp. so that youfeeluncomfortable: You’resupposedto overeat onThanksgiving. Examplesofovereatovereat Because of the slowed transit through the bowel, overeating leads to nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, one might hypothesize that overeating in the family contributes to an increased risk for childhood obesity. From theCambridge English Corpus My informants tend to judge transitiveovereatslightly less acceptable than intransitiveovereat. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, what distinguishes between eat andovereatin this construal is nothing more than the amount of food eaten. From theCambridge English Corpus This aversion to discussing weight hinders further the possibility for the exploration of underlying causes of overeating. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, one of my informants even suggested that transitiveovereatis totally unacceptable. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, a gene for obesity will only make you fat if youovereat. From theCambridge English Corpus Film-induced negative affect triggers overeating in restrained eaters. From theCambridge English Corpus They should notovereat, but take small helpings of simple food. From theCambridge English Corpus This form of analysis seems difficult to apply toovereat, for eat does not clearly involve motion. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, a stomachache caused by overeating is not evidence of a disease. From theCambridge English Corpus Because there is only one participant,overeatdoes not fit with the transitive syntax. From theCambridge English Corpus Thusovereat'to eat beyond the proper limit' means 'to eat beyond the capacity of oneself as a container'. From theCambridge English Corpus We agree with those who think that overeating is acquired behaviour and it follows that it can be avoided. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, the cultural ' ' problem ' ' of overeating is a problem only in societies of relative abundance, where food is easily obtained. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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