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单词 overuse
释义
overuse
verb[T]
(alsoover-use)
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈjuːz/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈjuːz/
to use something too often or too much:
过度使用；使用…太多；滥用
Itendto overusecertainfavouriteexpressions.我往往会滥用一些爱用的表达方式。
An over-usedtendoncanbecomeswollenandpainful.
Opposite
underuse
More examples
  • Somemedicationsare overused.
  • Sometimes we overuse andstrainourmuscles.
  • The phrase has been so over-used as to bealmostmeaningless.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Using and misusing
  • adopt
  • adoption
  • avail
  • availyourselfofsomething
  • be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
  • exhaust
  • go through
  • gobblesomethingup
  • make capital out ofsomethingidiom
  • max
  • max out
  • spare
  • spent
  • swallow
  • tap
  • turn over
  • turn tosomeone/something
  • turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
  • unblock
  • underuse
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overuse
noun[U]
(alsoover-use)
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈjuːs/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈjuːs/
thefactthat something is used too often or too much:
过度使用；使用…太多；滥用
The overuse of X-rays may becausing250deathseachyear.射线的过度使用每年可能会导致250人死亡。
Dryhaircan becausedby the over-use ofhairdryersandstraighteners.
Opposite
underuse
More examples
  • Mostcausesofjointpainaresimplytheresultof overuse.
  • Overuse ofantibioticscancreatemutatedbacteriathat areimmuneto thedrugs.
  • There werefearsabouttrafficproblemsin theareaand the over-use of thesite.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Using and misusing
  • adopt
  • adoption
  • avail
  • availyourselfofsomething
  • be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
  • exhaust
  • go through
  • gobblesomethingup
  • make capital out ofsomethingidiom
  • max
  • max out
  • spare
  • spent
  • swallow
  • tap
  • turn over
  • turn tosomeone/something
  • turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
  • unblock
  • underuse
See more results »
(Definition ofoverusefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
overuse
verb[T]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈjuːz/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈjuːz/
to use something too often or too much
过度使用；使用…太多；滥用
Itendto overusecertainfavouriteexpressions.我往往会滥用一些爱用的表达方式。
overuse
noun[U]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈjuːs/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈjuːs/
thefactthat something is used too often or too much
过度使用；使用…太多；滥用
The overuse of X-rays may becausing250deathseachyear.射线的过度使用每年可能会导致250人死亡。

overuse| American Dictionary

overuse
verb[T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈjuz/
to use something too often or too much:
We alltendto overusecertainexpressions.

overuse

noun[U]us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈjus/
You canstrainyourmusclesfromsuddentwistingor overuse.
(Definition ofoverusefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoveruse

overuse
Although the term 'listening' seems to be overused in the literature on communication and counselling skills, it is undoubtedly the most important.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He found that learners at all proficiency levels overused direct requests and underused nonconventionallyindirect requests (hints).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Kindergartners overused letters from their own first names (or commonly used nicknames) when spelling.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Despite denials that they made any such claim, there is little doubt that in the first flush of enthusiasm some analytical tools were overused.
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Introspection can thus be overused to become a comfortable illusion for the theorist, and an obstacle for science.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Classifying something as being overused and stale does not immediately call to mind a distinctive linguistic category.
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As one can expect, the central government will continue spending money on the ground subsidence problem as long as groundwater is overused in this area.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They are not overused; they are just used.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, common nouns that were used as proper names formed a category of bare nouns that was clearly overused by children, particularly at younger ages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both tests are probably overused with a high rate of inappropriateness.
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The results show that in the cultural, general, and structural categories, the intermediate students overused the more than both the low-level and the advanced students, respectively.
From theCambridge English Corpus
While introspection can be useful for the generation of ideas, it can also be overused and become a comfortable illusion for the theorist and an obstacle for science.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The supply of object agreement cannot be due to a general strategy of overusing agreement, since object agreement does not occur in prohibited contexts such as intransitive clauses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To explain kindergartners'overuseof letters from their own names, we postulate that letter frequency is an individual matter for young children.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The finding that go3 was overused by the participants is pertinent to theorizing about the use of a general classifier by very young children.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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