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overactive

/oh-ver-ak-tiv/US // ˌoʊ vərˈæk tɪv //UK // (ˌəʊvərˈæktɪv) //

过度活跃,过动,活动过多,活动过度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : exceptionally or excessively active; too active.

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Examples

  • This misinterpretation wasn’t just the product of one man’s overactive imagination.

  • The allergy-like symptoms are probably the result of a person’s immune system becoming “a little too overactive in its task to clear the infection,” she said.

  • It’s known that an overactive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 can do more harm than help.

  • His reclusiveness and overactive mind made it difficult to maintain relationships.

  • What the drug does not do, he notes, is block the body’s overactive immune response.

  • The hunt for Christian Grey took months, and was complicated by an overactive rumor mill.

  • Either they say I am a liar, or, as one person put it, “I have an overactive imagination.”

  • Quieting the overactive and undisciplined mind is a challenging task.