overdo

英 [ˌəʊvə'duː] 美 [ˌoʊvər'duː]

• v. 做或表现得过分；使用过多；煮得过久

英英释义

Verb:

1. do something to an excessive degree;

   "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. I think they've rather overdone the red in this room.
   我认为他们把这房间弄得太红了。
2. The fish was overdone and very dry.
   鱼烧得过火了,太干了。

经典引文

• From an anxiety to make his readers smile, he can overdo his jokes.

  出自： D. Cecil

• Her ease of invention sometimes leads her to overdo.

  出自： J. Updike

近反义词

【近义词】

• exaggerate 夸张
• magnify 放大
• stretch 伸展
• enlarge 扩大
• overcook 煮过度
• char (使)烧成炭
• burn 燃烧
• spoil 宠坏
• stew 炖汤
• ruin 毁灭
• overplay 夸张
• overstate 夸大的叙述
• overemphasize 过分强调
• labor 工人
• amplify 扩大
• embroider 刺绣
• go 去
• to 对于
• go to extremes 走极端
• extremes 极端事物
• carry too far 过火(走向极端...
• far 远
• too 也
• carry 携带