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overcareful

/oh-ver-kair-fuhl/US // ˈoʊ vərˈkɛər fəl //

过分小心翼翼,过度小心翼翼,过于谨慎,过分小心

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : excessively or unduly careful.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inguarded

Examples

  • He was always overcareful about money, and in old age this tendency developed into parsimony.

  • Michael of the crossing was so overcareful sometimes that it became trying.

  • You are a cunning one, captain, but I really think you are overcareful sometimes.

  • Money was to be made in many ways, and consciences were not overcareful as to the ways.

  • Even then, this is an overcareful precaution rather than a necessity.