| 单词 | excessive |
| 释义 | ex·ces·sive a. < excessive rainfall > < an excessive penchant for intellectual and verbal hairsplitting — J.W.Beach > < gross and excessive language > b. < the early rains induced an excessive vegetative growth > c. Synonyms: < outraged farmers had clamored against the railroad monopoly, charging that it gouged them with excessive freight charges — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager > < excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted — U.S. Constitution > immoderate may suggest blameworthy lack of restraint and moderation < I can testify that the Mass gave him extreme, I may even say immoderate, satisfaction. It was almost orgiastic — T.S.Eliot > < Mr. Hilary saw, at one view, all the circumstances of the adventure, and burst into an immoderate fit of laughter — T.L.Peacock > inordinate connotes an excess transcending reason or judgment < his pride was inordinate. Rather than humble himself, rather than bend, he flings himself to the dogs — Henry Miller > < his insensate wrath seemed to pass all ordinary bounds … Even Heath was startled by Rex's inordinate malignity — W.H.Wright > extravagant connotes a similar excess; the word may imply a wild, prodigal, or foolish wandering from fit restraints and accustomed bounds < she tore her hair and beat her breast, and abandoned herself to all the violences of extravagant emotion — Bram Stoker > < the absence of a customary norm of consumption was most conspicuous in the extravagant life of the courts. To externalize the desire for power, wealth, and privilege, the princes of the Renascence lavished upon private luxury and display enormous amounts of money — Lewis Mumford > < altogether too extravagant and impossible to be regarded in any other light than as a monstrous joke — Charles Dickens > exorbitant likewise suggests a notable excessive departure from the customary; frequently applied to prices asked, demands, or exactions < a continuation of the law for the renegotiation of war contracts — which will prevent exorbitant profits and assure fair prices to the government — F.D.Roosevelt > < blinded by so exorbitant a lust of gold, the youngster straightway tasked his wits, casting about to kill the lady — Robert Browning > extreme may suggest an attaining to, approaching to, and tending toward the greatest excess possible, although it frequently means only to a notably high degree < the fascination of crime is perpetual, especially in its extreme form as murder — A.C.Ward > < there are wings extreme to the point of anarchy — J.L.Lowes > |
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