overdid

英 [ˌəʊvəˈdɪd]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈdɪd]

v.  做得过分; 做得过火; 夸张; 过多使用; 滥用; 烹煮(饭菜)时间过长
overdo的过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…做得过分；把…做得过火；对…过于夸张
  If someoneoverdoessomething, they behave in an exaggerated or extreme way.
  1. ...a recognition by the US central bank that it may have overdone its tightening when it pushed rates up to 6 per cent...
     美国中央银行承认将利率上调至6%可能是过度紧缩了银根
  2. He wants to give up working and stay home to look after the children. She feels, however, that this is overdoing it a bit.
     他想辞去工作，在家照看孩子。而她却觉得这样做有些过头。
• VERB 超出体力负荷地做
  If youoverdoan activity, you try to do more than you can physically manage.
  1. It is important never to overdo new exercises...
     重要的是,不要过度练习新学的动作。
  2. The taxi drivers' association is urging its members, who can work as many hours as they want, not to overdo it.
     出租车司机协会劝告那些工作时长不受限制的会员不要疲劳驾驶。

双语例句

• It was almost as if he overdid his courtesy because his contempt for everybody present was so great.
  看来仿佛是这样：他过份表示礼貌，恰恰是由于他对所有在场的人极为轻蔑的缘故。
• I think I overdid the drinking last night.
  我觉得我昨晚喝多了。
• He sometimes overdid his part in the play.
  他有时在剧中把他的角色演得过火了。
• She rather overdid the sympathy, ie was so sympathetic that she did not seem sincere.
  她同情得有些过分了（显得缺乏诚意）。
• He was trying to be helpful, but he rather overdid it.
  他想尽力帮忙，但做得有些过分了。
• She really overdid the sympathy.
  她真是同情得过火了。
• It was all right to criticize him, but you overdid it.
  批评他是可以的，不过你说得过头儿了。
• I thought they overdid the sentimentality at the end of the film.
  我觉得他们在电影的结尾部分煽情得过火了。
• She overdid her part in the play.
  她把剧中她的角色表演过火了。
• She overdid it by swimming in the winter cold water and is ill now.
  她在冬日冰冷的水中游泳，做得太过火了，结果现在病倒了。