释义 |
ˈoverpunish, v.|-ˈpʌnɪʃ| [over- 27.] trans. To punish to excess or more than one deserves.
a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. xix. (1640) 224 For his inferiours he is likely tyrannical..and cares not how he overpunisheth them. 1823De Quincey Lett. on Educ. i. Wks. 1860 XIV. 9 The evil is..overpunished by the mortifications which attend any such juvenile acts of presumption. |