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单词 over-strict
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Definition of over-strict in English:

over-strict

adjective
  • Excessively strict.

    an over-strict upbringing
    an over-strict disciplinarian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She moved toward the nearby door, standing to one side of it, and automatically, prompted by the almost forgotten reactions of an over-strict childhood, he held it open for her.
    • The beneficial effect to the economy could be negated if over-strict anti tax-avoidance measures are included in the Bill.
    • We have many reasons to believe the contest rules were overstrict.
    • This is an over-strict doctrine which neither reflects culpability nor serves the goal of crime prevention.
    • He was negligent in financial matters, had erected unnecessary buildings at the college's expense, and was an overstrict disciplinarian.
    • She was a cruel and abusive mother, over-strict and something of a 'clean freak'.
    Synonyms
    carping, captious, overcritical, fault-finding, hair-splitting, cavilling, niggling, quibbling, pedantic, pettifogging, fussy, finicky, over-censorious, over-exacting, over-rigorous, over-particular
 
 
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