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单词 overzealous
释义
overzealous
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈzel.əs/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈzel.əs/
tooenthusiasticandeager:
过分热心的
He had to beprotectedfrom overzealousfans.他不得不被保护起来，与过分热心的崇拜者保持距离。
They were a little overzealous ineliminatingrisk.他们在清除风险隐患时过于积极了。
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Too much and unnecessary
(Definition ofoverzealousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverzealous

overzealous
He has less tolerance for those, whetheroverzealousanti-clericals or calculating church leaders, who attacked and condemned others on the basis of their beliefs.
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Our simulations demonstrate how symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia, such as hallucinated and disorganized speech, can arise fromoverzealouspruning of cortical networks during adolescence.
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Local government officials enforcing the expulsion order were oftenoverzealousin carrying out the instructions.
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The setting of guards over ripe crops was commonplace, and the watchmen were frequently armed and occasionallyoverzealous.
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Perhaps the most important question raised in this review is whether, in our diagnostic advances and refinements, we have becomeoverzealousin diagnosing and labeling children.
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The director, like anoverzealoussocial worker, forces the spectator to confront, once and for all, the very thing that the castrati apparently never let their audiences forget.
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These were not the arbitrary actions of a couple ofoverzealousofficers who were feeling liverish that day.
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This raises the question: who is at fault for this supposedlyoverzealousregulation?
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There is, however, a saving in this case aimed at curbing the scissors of theoverzealouseditor.
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I was asked aboutoverzealousapplication of the controls.
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We have all heard of cases where employers have been unscrupulous oroverzealousin deducting alleged cash deficiencies without adequate supporting evidence.
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I do not think that it is other thanoverzealousof us to try to write that into the statute.
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They too hate admitting that they are at fault, quite apart from the fact that they can on occasion beoverzealousand quite unreasonable.
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It also means that there is a safeguard against tipping the collection fund into deficit byoverzealouscharge cuts.
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I fear that some policemen are slightlyoverzealousand might push prosecutions which others would not.
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