overkill

英 [ˈəʊvəkɪl] 美 [ˈoʊvərkɪl]

n.  过犹不及; 做得过火的事

BNC.22715 / COCA.20246



牛津词典

noun

  1. 过犹不及;做得过火的事
    too much of sth that reduces the effect it has
    1. There is a danger of overkill if you plan everything too carefully.
      如果事事过分谨小慎微,那结果难免有适得其反的危险。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-UNCOUNT 过分;过火的行为
    You can say that something is overkill when you think that there is more of it than is necessary or appropriate.
    1. Every time I switch on the TV, there's football. It's overkill...
      我每次打开电视都是足球节目,真是受不了。
    2. Such security measures may well be overkill.
      这样的安保措施很可能过头了。

双语例句

  1. Every time I switch on the TV, there's football. It's overkill
    我每次打开电视都是足球节目,真是受不了。
  2. Such security measures may well be overkill.
    这样的安保措施很可能过头了。
  3. You might think that showing all possible versions of data is overkill, but it's actually quite common when you want to selectively enable various features for different security roles.
    您可能会想,显示所有可能数据的版本有点威力过度,实际上,选择性地为不同的安全角色启用多种特性时,这种方式是十分常见的。
  4. But always using that mechanism for point data would be complete overkill.
    但总是为点数据使用那种机制就过分了。
  5. Heavyweight architectures, such as Enterprise JavaBeans, can be overkill for everyday problems.
    重量级架构(比如企业级JavaBean)对于解决日常问题来说过于复杂。
  6. This makes for a lot of classes& something I think is a bit of overkill.
    这样就生成了很多类&我认为有点太过分了。
  7. Use the consistency analysis feature to ensure that you have used constraints consistently in your model ( this is overkill in this simple example, but included here for completeness).
    使用一致性分析特性来确保您已经在模型中一致地使用了约束(这在此简单的实例中是过多的,但在此加入是为了完全性)。
  8. Although Ajax can utilize XML, in many cases, it is overkill.
    虽然Ajax可以利用XML,但是在大多数情况下都是不必要的。
  9. These are overkill for our limited needs.
    这对我们项目的需要来说是杀鸡用牛刀。
  10. Most utilities are overkill for this purpose, and yet String. split() is underkill.
    大多数工具用在此处就过于隆重了,而String.split()又不够。
  11. Obviously this class ( and the whole Mover series) is overkill for the current relatively limited version of XM, but it will simplify things next month.
    虽然,这个类(和整个Mover系列)对于当前XM相对局限的版本的影响太大,但在下个月,它将简化某些东西。
  12. Sometimes Perl is overkill and you just need to run a simple series of commands.
    有时,Perl是不必要的,您只需要运行一些简单的命令。
  13. If you are only ever producing one HTML rendering for each page, then in most cases, XSL is overkill, and it will cause more problems for your developers than it will solve.
    如果您只是生成HTML来表达每一个页面,那么在大多数情况下,XSL是一种不必要的技术,并且,它给您的开发人员所带来的问题远比它所能解决的问题多。
  14. This format may seem like overkill and a bit complicated, but this syntax is consistent with AdminApp commands and makes the input more efficient when table data needs to be specified.
    这种格式看起来可能有些重复和复杂,但这种语法与AdminApp命令是一致的,并且在需要指定表数据时,使输入变得更加高效。
  15. The heavyweight architectures were overkill for many problems.
    重量级架构对于解决许多问题都过于复杂。
  16. Creating an entire DSL just to hold simple data structures ( like lists of ingredients and directions) seems like a bit of overkill; why not just keep this information in standard data structures?
    创建一个完整的DSL只是为了保持简单的数据结构(如成分和方向的清单)好像有点大材小用了;为什么不干脆在标准的数据结构中保留此信息呢?
  17. Still, it seemed like overkill to use SWT in this project, so I decided for regular AWT.
    尽管如此,在本项目中使用SWT似乎有点小题大作,所以我决定使用正规的AWT。
  18. In practice, however, such code is probably overkill.
    但是,在实践中,用这样的代码可能太繁琐了。
  19. We must beware of overkill.
    我们必须当心行为过火。
  20. The feature is certainly overkill for normal users, but there are those who appreciate such flexibility.
    对于普通用户,这种方式当然是不太必要了,不过还是有一些人喜欢这样的灵活。
  21. That's enough, anymore is just overkill;
    就够了,再多一点也是多余的。
  22. "I know they are working hard, but this really is overkill. We had been checked three times already before we arrived here," said a bus driver from neighbouring Hebei province.
    来自河北省的一位巴士司机说道:我知道他们工作很辛苦,但这的确太过头了。到这儿之前,我们已经被查了三次。
  23. 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。
  24. Macro-prudential measures can play a key role in achieving financial stability and avoiding regulatory overkill.
    宏观审慎措施能够在确立金融体系稳定性和防止监管过度中发挥关键作用。
  25. It's not necessary to be overly aggressive, I think that's overkill, so I'd have to disagree with your call to more militarism.
    过度的好斗是不必要的,我认为这会伤及自身。所以我不得不反对你对更加军国化的号召。
  26. She has beautiful eyes, but the make-up was overkill.
    她的眼睛很漂亮,但是她化的妆太浓了。
  27. Just make sure you keep your robot as light as possible, and get motors that can do overkill.
    让你的机器人尽可能的轻,选一个不容易被烧坏的电机。
  28. The outfit was cute, but the accessories were overkill.
    这套外衣很好看,只是配件太多了。
  29. We do not desire excessive forces, or what some people have called overkill.
    我们并不需要拥有过份的武力,即有些人所说的超过需要的杀戮能力。
  30. You sure all this stuff isn't overkill?
    你确信这么多工具不会太夸张吗?

英英释义

noun

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

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