单词	overserve
释义	overserve verb over·​serve ˌō-vər-ˈsərv  overserved; overserving; overserves 1 transitive : to provide (someone or something) with more of a product, service, etc., than is needed or appropriate : overservice He admitted older viewers were overserved by the BBC … . John Plunkett 2 transitive + intransitive : to serve too much food or drink to someone especially : to serve too much alcohol to someone … state authorities cited Horseshoe Casino for overserving a patron who troopers said was drunk when he caused a fatal crash later that night. Pat LaFleur Police say Griffin was arrested for his own safety rather than given misdemeanor citations. A friend of Griffin's said he had been overserved, according to multiple reports. ESPN.com "It's easy to take a horrific criminal act and associate it with an earlier crime," such as overserving alcohol, he [Jonathan Turley] said. Deanna Paul … airlines in general benefit from serving free alcohol in part because it is a depressant that, in reasonable amounts, combines with cabin air to sedate passengers. … The trick, of course, is not to overserve, since too much booze can make people rowdy or disruptive. The Economist see also overserved Word History First Known Use 1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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