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单词 overactive
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Definition of overactive in English:

overactive

adjective əʊvərˈaktɪvˌoʊvərˈæktɪv
  • Excessively active.

    the product of an overactive imagination
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her family complained that she was overactive and spending excessive amounts of money.
    • Over the years, I tried to make myself believe it had been a bad dream, the product, perhaps, of an overactive imagination.
    • I think he's got an overactive imagination - or else his grandson has.
    • At least Laura will be there to help harness my overactive imagination.
    • Sometimes I question whether it really happened or if it was just another product of my overactive imagination.
    • On the other hand, that overactive imagination can also cause irrational fears, superstitions, and even paranoia.
    • When such memories are reported by children they are commonly dismissed by teachers and parents as the product of an overactive imagination.
    • The humour lies in the construction that the listener's overactive imagination can put on these innocuous phrases.
    • Many of the Web's finest moments have been created by people with a little too much time on their hands and an overactive imagination.
    • It may just be my overactive imagination, but somehow I don't think they get too many young patients.
    • An overactive imagination was something she had to admit to.
    • His treatment at a psychiatric institution for an overactive imagination seems to confirm his mental instability.
    • She dismissed it as a figment of her extremely overactive imagination.
    • Then again, you could always remember her for her infamous temporary insanity and overactive imagination.
    • My overactive imagination conjured up images of me opening the curtains to see a face pressed against the glass, eyeballing me.
    • Most people just call it a full English breakfast, but I have an overactive imagination.
    • With my overactive imagination, I find myself wondering what the story behind these books is.
    • Alas, one side effect of an overactive imagination is that I do not sleep without dreaming.
    • All those fictional holiday heroes were just figments of someone's overactive imagination.
    • Most of the time he could dismiss his memories as exaggerations, products of an overactive imagination.

Derivatives

  • overactivity

  • noun əʊvərakˈtɪvɪtiˌoʊvərˌækˈtɪvɪdi
    • Both overactivity and underactivity cause problems, and illnesses and unpleasant symptoms arise if this regulator goes wrong.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While not specifically revealed in the searches, it is likely that any disease that results in autonomic overactivity may result in night sweats.
      • Acne is a skin condition caused by overactivity of the glands that secrete oily substances on to the skin.
      • It is also important to explain that erratic variation between overactivity on ‘good’ days and subsequent collapse does not help long term recovery and that ‘stabilising’ activity is a prerequisite to graded increases.
      • Caused by overactivity of the bladder muscle, medication in conjunction with bladder re-training is effective in helping to restore bladder control in many people.
 
 

Definition of overactive in US English:

overactive

adjectiveˌōvərˈaktivˌoʊvərˈæktɪv
  • Excessively active.

    the product of an overactive imagination
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sometimes I question whether it really happened or if it was just another product of my overactive imagination.
    • Her family complained that she was overactive and spending excessive amounts of money.
    • Alas, one side effect of an overactive imagination is that I do not sleep without dreaming.
    • At least Laura will be there to help harness my overactive imagination.
    • She dismissed it as a figment of her extremely overactive imagination.
    • It may just be my overactive imagination, but somehow I don't think they get too many young patients.
    • When such memories are reported by children they are commonly dismissed by teachers and parents as the product of an overactive imagination.
    • Most people just call it a full English breakfast, but I have an overactive imagination.
    • His treatment at a psychiatric institution for an overactive imagination seems to confirm his mental instability.
    • Over the years, I tried to make myself believe it had been a bad dream, the product, perhaps, of an overactive imagination.
    • All those fictional holiday heroes were just figments of someone's overactive imagination.
    • The humour lies in the construction that the listener's overactive imagination can put on these innocuous phrases.
    • Most of the time he could dismiss his memories as exaggerations, products of an overactive imagination.
    • With my overactive imagination, I find myself wondering what the story behind these books is.
    • Then again, you could always remember her for her infamous temporary insanity and overactive imagination.
    • My overactive imagination conjured up images of me opening the curtains to see a face pressed against the glass, eyeballing me.
    • An overactive imagination was something she had to admit to.
    • Many of the Web's finest moments have been created by people with a little too much time on their hands and an overactive imagination.
    • On the other hand, that overactive imagination can also cause irrational fears, superstitions, and even paranoia.
    • I think he's got an overactive imagination - or else his grandson has.
 
 
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