“over、eager”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

over-eager

释义

ˈover-ˈeager, a.
[over- 28.]
Too eager, excessively eager or keen.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 333 [She] feedeth so greedily upon it by reason she was kept overeager and sharp.1684J. Goodman Wint. Ev. Conf. i. (1705) 20 Extravagance in the more modest and private, but over-eager pursuits of these Recreations [games of chance].1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. xii, Over-eager for the cause of justice.
Hence ˈover-ˈeagerly adv., ˈover-ˈeagerness.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. xvii. §4 Of such nature, that to himself no man might over-eagerly challenge them, without blushing.1670Milton Hist. Eng. v. Wks. (1847) 532 Pursuing them overeagerly into York.a1720Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 100 Such an over-eagerness,..instead of hurting me, only exposes themselves.1885Spectator 25 July 963/2 Over-eagerness for office had compelled them to sacrifice all their respectable principles.

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