overwrought

overwrought，英語單詞，主要用作形容詞、動詞。作形容詞時譯為“過度緊張的；過度興奮的；過分勞累的”，作動詞時譯為“工作過度；把……做過頭；使過於激動”等。

基本介紹

• 外文名：overwrought
• 詞性：形容詞、動詞
• 英式發音：[ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt]
• 美式發音：[ˌoʊvərˈrɔːt]

單詞釋義

英 [ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt] 美 [ˌoʊvərˈrɔːt]

adj. 過度緊張的；過度興奮的；過分勞累的；（文體等）過於考究的

v. 工作過度；把……做過頭；使過於激動（overwork 的過去式和過去分詞）

單詞用法

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

overwrought /ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt/

1.ADJ Someone who is overwrought is extremely upset and emotional. 極度悲傷的; 極度情緒化的

短語搭配

Overwrought and Overtired 過度緊張和過度勞累

marked by overwrought emotion 非常熱心的

overwrought a 過分勞累的

overwrought nerves 過度興奮的神經

雙語例句

• One overwrought member had to be restrained by friends. 一位極度悲傷的成員不得不被朋友們加以控制。
• Of marble men and maidens overwrought. 上面綴有石雕的男人和女人。
• He was overwrought and may have mistaken witchcraft for healing. 他勞累過度，也許把女巫的伎倆誤認為治療術了。
• When you're emotionally overwrought, it can be hard to remember exactly what was said. 在情緒過度勞累時，要準確地記住說過的話往往會很難。
• I hate to get this pessimistic about the situation. It feels panicky and overwrought. 我不願對局勢如此悲觀，這讓我感到恐慌和過度緊張。
• The most obvious pattern, however, is the media's tendency to get overwrought about almost anything. 然而，其中最明顯的，就是媒體總是對每一件小事都精神緊張。
• Many overwrought workers eat junk food, drink excessive alcohol or zone out in front of the TV, he says. 他說，很多員工勞累過度了就吃垃圾食物、大量喝酒，或是在電視前昏昏沉沉。
• Their attempts to find a solution have sometimes seemed to spring from the pages of an overwrought thriller. 他們尋求解決方案的嘗試有時候看起來像是向吝嗇鬼取經。
• Her temper overwrought me, ] And I edged to shun her view For I felt assured she thought me One who should drown him too. 她的性情，詩人接著說，讓我緊張煩惱，我慢慢的避開她的觀點，離開月光,因為我斷言，她認為我,應該也會溺死他。
• Three months before she was born, Corina possessed more brain cells than she ever would again: an overwrought jungle of connections. 在她出生之前的三個月里，科瑞娜擁有比她以前更多的大腦細胞：過度繁茂的聯結體叢林。
• For all its deception and overwrought delivery, Metal Gear Solid 2 ultimately delivers a fun and fascinating look at video games and sequels. 儘管它瞞天過海，還絮絮叨叨，《合金裝備2》還是提供了一種有趣而迷人的看待電子遊戲及其續作的視角。
• This leads to some painfully overwrought prose: “What we are left with today, with the ascendancy of the Archangel Obama, is the Triumph of the Hamiltonian Will.” 這種看法促使一些反應過度的悲傷的詩作的產生：“我們今日所留 / 給天使長歐巴馬的/是漢密爾頓黨人意志的勝利。”
• There tired and overwrought businessmen can enjoy such old fashioned fare as bread and butter pudding, all served by well-developed girls wearing school uniforms. 在那家餐館，勞累過度的商人可以享受到像麵包和奶油布丁之類的老式飲食，服務員全是發育良好的穿校服的女孩。
• That possibility sent markets in London, Frankfurt and Paris spiraling downward, even as analysts struggled to explain which fears of contagion were legitimate and which were overwrought. 這種可能性讓倫敦、法蘭克福和巴黎的市場急劇下挫，即使分析師們力圖解釋恐慌的傳染是有限的，有些過慮了。
• Now that things are calmer and you're able to assess what was said from a more rational perspective, you're recognising that in their rather overwrought ramblings, others revealed pivotal facts. 既然事情已經冷靜下來，你也能從更理性的一面評估所說過的話，你將認識到他人從雜亂無章中發現了關鍵的事實。