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单词 overwrought
释义
overwrought
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈrɑːt/
in astateof beingupset,nervous, andworried:
过度烦乱的，过度紧张的，过度焦虑的；神经质的
She was sotiredand overwrought that sheburstintotears.她太累太紧张，突然大哭起来。
He was in an overwroughtstate/conditionforweeksafter theaccident.事故发生后的好几周，他都处于神经质状态。
Synonym
distraught
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming too excited and easily upset
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Anxious and worried
(Definition ofoverwroughtfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverwrought

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His sense of alienation is emphasised by theoverwroughtmusic, with its jagged melisma on the word 'rainbow'.
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For example,overwroughtcompetitiveness in medicine might be controlled if medical schools worked to admit students who value cooperation more than academic self-promotion.
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The contribution is an excellent example of practical wisdom emanating from high quality research counterpointed with a firm advocacy free fromoverwroughtrhetoric.
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The fifth maid cuts across this web of similitude with a piercing, strongly profiled melodic line, but she is toooverwroughtto make a difference.
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This ambivalence about the validity of spectral testimony certainly added tension to the proceedings, which were alreadyoverwroughtwith fear and anxiety.
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It's all so naive, sooverwrought.
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Dodin organizes these scenes quite rigorously, etching them out (for which his black and white is appropriate) so that nothing isoverwrought.
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Ricciarelli's oscillation between frenetic trembling and frozen terror may seemoverwrought, but her interpretation makes for a vivid engagement with the orchestral music.
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The damage to the voice is described in anoverwroughtpresent tense: first, a burning sensation behind the sternum, then fatigue and loss of vocal power; finally, total vocal collapse.
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Can it be wondered that he is rapidly becoming a worried,overwrought, and harassed individual?
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Occasionally, anoverwroughtjuror may make an outburst afterwards which catches the headlines and shocks the conscience of the nation.
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It was a terrible strain upon anoverwroughtnerve.
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The result is that she isoverwroughtand over-tired, very often; often very bad-tempered.
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His calm reaction was a relief after theoverwroughtreaction of various fellow parliamentarians at home and abroad.
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I have dealt with a number of detainees who are perhaps mentally disturbed oroverwrought.
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