overkill

英 ['əʊvəkɪl] 美 ['oʊvərkɪl]

• n. 过度的杀伤威力；过分行为
• v. 超量杀伤

英英释义

Noun:

1. the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required

2. any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. That's overkill; she dress up like a princess for the party.
   她打扮得像个公主一样去参加宴会，真是太夸张了。
2. I know that might seem like overkill.
   我知道那样有点杀鸡用牛刀。

经典引文

• Present-day commercial fishing..results in ruthless overkill and threatens..many forms of marine life.

  出自： A. Toffler

近反义词

【近义词】

• exaggeration 夸张
• excess 超过
• too much 太多
• overstatement 夸大其词
• overload 使超载
• too much of a good thing 叫人受不了(好事不宣做得...
• overindulgence 过度放纵
• heavy-handedness heavy-handed...