Word · Frequency #22715
Fully loadedoverkill
过火；多余；小题大做
effort or activity that goes further than necessary to achieve its goal
- 1.
An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
不必要的过度；过火。
- 2.
An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
因检验标准过高而造成的过度淘汰。
超量毁伤；过度杀伤力；不必要的过度；过火。；因检验标准过高而造成的过度淘汰。；超量毁伤；过度杀伤威力
In use
Sending a formal letter to complain about a minor typo is overkill.
We don't need a huge party for your birthday; a small dinner is enough, and a big celebration would be overkill.
Buying a professional camera just to take pictures of your cat is overkill.
be overkill
名词用法，不可数，表示“做得过头、没有必要”。
Adding a second alarm clock would be overkill; you already wake up early.
再买一个闹钟就太过了；你本来就醒得早。
consider sth overkill
名词用法；在“consider + 宾语 + overkill”结构中作宾语补足语。
Many people consider a bigger engine overkill for a small city car.
很多人认为小型城市汽车配备更大的发动机是多余的。
overkill sb/sth
Connections
Collocations
- nuclear overkill
- 核过度杀伤；核超量毁伤
- Critics argued that maintaining so many warheads was nuclear overkill.批评者认为，保留这么多弹头是核过度杀伤。
- marketing overkill
- 营销过度；过度的营销宣传
- The product launch suffered from marketing overkill and put off consumers.这款产品的发布因营销过度而让消费者反感。
- be overkill
- 是过火的；是多余的；没有必要
- Using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut would be overkill.用大锤砸核桃就太过了。
- media overkill
- 媒体过度报道；媒体轰炸
- The celebrity's wedding got media overkill for weeks.这位名人的婚礼连续几周遭到媒体过度报道。
- regulatory overkill
- 监管过度；过度的监管
- Small businesses often complain about regulatory overkill.小企业经常抱怨监管过度。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
over(过度)+kill(杀)→杀得过头了，火力过剩，引申为‘过火、多余’。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常交谈、媒体评论、非正式讨论 作名词表示“过火、多余、小题大做”时，多用于非正式场合，指做法超过实际需要；日常口语和媒体评论中比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这六个词都有 /ɪl/ 的结尾音，和 overkill 的最后一个音节 /kɪl/ 中的元音和尾辅音一致。注意 overkill 的重音在第一个音节，所以这些词并不会和整个 overkill 形成完美押韵。拼写相似的 kilo（/ˈkiːloʊ/）和 kiln（/kɪln/）发音不同，注意区分。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.