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单词 overexplain
释义

overexplain

verb

over·​ex·​plain ˌō-vər-ik-ˈsplān How to pronounce overexplain (audio)
overexplained; overexplaining

transitive + intransitive

: to explain (something) to an excessive degree
The stories tended to be as simple as a good children's picture-book, so that nothing needed to be overexplained. Noel Murray
Students are confused about the instructions: … Repeat … the rules to clarify but do not overexplain. Katrina Schwartz

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

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