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单词 over-provident
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over-provident
over-provident adj.
Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈprɒvᵻd(ə)nt/
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U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈprɑvəd(ə)nt/
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/ˌoʊvərˈprɑvəˌdɛnt/
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1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 52 Every man, especially those that are over provident, are in an estate like to that of Prometheus.
1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 184 An old over-provident housekeeper.
1881 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 172/2 It is never so cold for any length of time as to make a subsistence precarious and people over-provident.
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