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go overboard (with sth)
这个短语常用于表示在做事时过于投入或夸张。
Don't go overboard with the party decorations.
别把派对装饰弄得太过火。
过度地；极端地
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过度地；极端地
to extremes; in an excessive way
Don't go overboard with the party decorations.
别把派对装饰弄得太过火。
常用于 go overboard，意为“做过头”。
越过边缘；尤指从船上掉下或船外。
Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
过度地
to extremes
过度地；过分地。
Excessively; too much.
从船上落入水中
from on board a vessel into the water
Don't go overboard with the decorations; a few balloons are enough.
装饰不要太过度，几个气球就够了。
AI contextual example
She went overboard on the party food and now there are leftovers for days.
她在派对食物上做得太过头了，现在剩菜好几天都吃不完。
AI contextual example
I tried not to go overboard when I heard the good news.
听到好消息时，我尽量不表现得过度激动。
AI contextual example
he went overboard to please his in-laws
他过度讨好他的姻亲
WordNet
这个短语常用于表示在做事时过于投入或夸张。
Don't go overboard with the party decorations.
别把派对装饰弄得太过火。
指意外地从船或甲板上跌入海中，多用于海上情况。
During the storm, two of the crew fell overboard.
暴风雨中，有两名船员从船上掉入水中。
表示把某物从船上抛入水里，本条目只涉及字面意义。
The smugglers threw the drugs overboard when they saw the patrol boat.
走私犯们一看到巡逻艇就把毒品扔到船外。
Not this
He went to overboard with the decorations.
Use this
He went overboard with the decorations.
overboard 是副词，固定搭配是 go overboard，意为“做得过分”。这里误把它当作名词，类比“go to extremes”加了介词 to，应删去。
Not this
He was overboard in his praise.
Use this
He went overboard in his praise.
overboard 是副词，不是形容词，不能作 be 的表语表示“过分”。表示“某人做过头”要用 go overboard，所以把 was 改为 went。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
做得过分；过于热衷
Don't go overboard with the decorations.
装饰别弄得太夸张了。
从船上落水
A passenger fell overboard during the storm.
暴风雨中，一名乘客从船上落水了。
把某人扔下船
The pirates threatened to throw the prisoners overboard.
海盗威胁要把囚犯扔下船。
有人落水；人员落水
The crew shouted 'Man overboard!' and threw a life ring.
船员们大喊“有人落水！”并扔下一个救生圈。
跳下船；跳海
The sailor jumped overboard to rescue the child.
那名水手跳下船去救孩子。
被冲下船；被卷落水中
The deckhand was washed overboard during the storm.
暴风雨中，那名水手被冲下了船。
过分热衷；做得过火
Don't go overboard with the decorations; keep it simple.
装饰别做得太过火，简单点就好。
抛弃某人；甩掉某人
The team threw the old manager overboard after the poor season.
赛季表现不佳后，球队抛弃了老教练。
有人落水！
A sailor shouted "man overboard" when his friend fell into the sea.
一名水手看到朋友掉进海里时大喊“有人落水”。
电影《落水情缘》（1987年）的名字。
The movie Overboard is a romantic comedy about a woman who falls overboard and loses her memory.
电影《落水情缘》是一部浪漫喜剧，讲的是一个女人落水失忆的故事。
有人落水了，有人落水了，最好在被淹死前游起来。
He went overboard with the Christmas lights and covered the whole house.
他把圣诞灯布置得太过火，把整栋房子都盖住了。
发长 /oʊ/ 音 (如 boat, coat)
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over（越过）+ board（船板），越过船板落到船外，引申为“过度、走极端”。
语域：informal 常见场景：朋友间闲聊、提建议或劝告、谈论消费或热情 overboard 字面意思为“越过船舷落水”，但在 go overboard 中多用于口语，表示“过度、过分”。正式书面语中通常改用 be excessive 或 go to extremes。
aboard, board, keyboard, skateboard, and dashboard all end in the /bɔrd/ sound. Cupboard has the same -board spelling but is pronounced /ˈkʌbɚd/, with a reduced syllable, so it does not rhyme.
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