| 单词 | overkill |
| 释义 | overkill noun[U] disapprovinguk/ˈəʊ.və.kɪl/us/ˈoʊ.vɚ.kɪl/much more of something than isneeded,resultingin lesseffectiveness: 多此一举，适得其反Should Iaddanexplanation, or would that be overkill?我应该再解释一下吗，还是那样会画蛇添足？ Too much and unnecessary
overkill| American Dictionaryoverkill noun[U] us/ˈoʊ·vərˌkɪl/much more of something than isneededorsuitable: Running sofastwith thecompetitionsofarbehind mightseemlike overkill, but that’s Gardner. Examplesofoverkilloverkill Reviewers will inevitably complain that the notes swamp the text or that there has been editorialoverkill, or that the notes are unnecessarily didactic. From theCambridge English Corpus He ended up being trapped in an early informationaloverkill. From theCambridge English Corpus The development of the chapters is quite systematic - to the limit of didacticoverkill. From theCambridge English Corpus Therpapeuticoverkillor elegant management for selected patients at risk? From theCambridge English Corpus The inputs chapter was somewhat better, although the listing of individuals and organizations supportive of the legislation was anoverkill. From theCambridge English Corpus Such a large dictionary is probablyoverkill, and in fact, it may even be the case that it uselessly slows down processing, by proposing extremely rare (although probably valid) words. From theCambridge English Corpus Knowledge of psychrometric principles can be used to avoid false economy oroverkill. From theCambridge English Corpus But the rhetoricaloverkillcould become counterproductive. From theCambridge English Corpus One may wonder whether this accuracy is 'overkill', because small uncertainties in the data might cause much larger uncertainties in the computed results. From theCambridge English Corpus It is alsooverkill, because changes in one region of the text are unlikely to affect the accentuation of the text in more or less distant regions. From theCambridge English Corpus There is such a thing asoverkill. From theCambridge English Corpus The conservation lobby, which is worthy but sometimes a tiny bit fanatical, brews up feelings that lead to statements which are essentiallyoverkill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No disarmament agreement is going to reduce it below the level ofoverkill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Bad design,overkilland bad siting, not standardisation alone, is the enemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the speeches in the debate made me uncomfortable, and contained anoverkillof political correctness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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