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overreact

/oh-ver-ree-akt/US // ˌoʊ vər riˈækt //UK // (ˌəʊvərɪˈækt) //

反应过度,反应过激,洒脱,洒狗血

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.

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Examples

  • Most of the time my reaction to stuff on Nextdoor is that people are overreacting.

  • This is true even if he’s right that you’re overreacting, which he might be.

  • I’ll just be reminding myself not to overreact to how the polls change after tonight.

  • Maybe people have overreacted about how things will look in a post-pandemic world.

  • While the return to normal pay shows that the bumpiest months of the crisis are over, sources at many of the publications that made cuts cautioned against overreacting.

  • Nobody should overreact here, and they should think through the consequences of their actions.

  • That's why human beings are evolved to overreact to certain kind of threats.

  • Schools get shot up and everybody has their solution, and we often overreact.

  • The Obama administration should not only react judiciously, it should also try to persuade Congress not to overreact either.

  • We should not be surprised when they occur, and most importantly we should not overreact if one is eventually successful.