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单词 over-use
释义 I. over-use, n.|ˈəʊvəˈjuːs|
[over- 29 b.]
Excessive use, too frequent use.
1862Ansted Channel Isl. iv. xxii. (ed. 2) 509 The oyster beds are becoming impoverished, partly by over-use.1880Fortn. Rev. Apr. 488 Invective may be a sharp weapon: but over-use blunts its edge.
II. over-use, v.|ˌəʊvəˈjuːz|
[over- 27.]
trans. To use too much; to injure by excessive use.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 21 When ever we overuse any lower good we abuse it.1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) p. xxiii, Without the use of so many books that he can afford not to over-use and mis-use one.1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 824 ‘Singer's nodules’ often seen in singers and actors who have over-used their vocal organs.
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