| 单词 | overzealous |
| 释义 | overzealous (once / 21412 pages) adj Overzealous describes someone who gets too excited about something, like your mom, the overzealous collector of cute kitten figurines that now fill every table and shelf in the house. If you're overzealous about something, you've gone too far, and you're probably starting to scare people. Parents who are overzealous about keeping their kids safe may not allow them out of the house — ever. If you are overzealous about conserving water, you might shower a little too infrequently, or scold people for washing their cars. Most people understand that you mean well, and that's why you are so intense. WORD FAMILYoverzealous: overzealously+/zeal: zealous, zeals/zealous: overzealous, zealousest, zealously USAGE EXAMPLESColby Cooper said he became “overzealous” while trying to ensure that expectations of Trump’s advance team were met. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) Finally, Congress should more vigorously exercise its oversight to determine why the FBI responded overzealously in the Clinton case and insufficiently in the Russian case. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) This time around, the threat is the colonization of universities by overzealous business types. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) adj marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea Syn fanatic, fanatical, rabid passionate having or expressing strong emotions |
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