单词 | overstudy |
释义 | overstudyn. Excessive study; excessive thought or consideration. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [noun] > excessive study overstudya1743 a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) II. 247 The cause of this distemper was variously conjectured. Some said his over study. 1805 F. Reynolds Delinquent iii. iii. 46 You're detained, from over study and fatigue. 1855 Westm. Rev. July 101 It is proved that students ruin their health by over-study. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (1924) I. 140 He prepares them [sc. lectures] fifteen minutes before he is due on his platform and thus gets into them a freshness..which they might lack if they underwent the staling process of overstudy. 1912 T. C. Murray Maurice Harte 53 A kind of—breakdown from overstudy. 1989 Hist. Educ. Q. 29 562 They made a practice of investigating every published case of bad health supposedly caused by over-study. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overstudyv.ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 18 (MED) Oþere bookis..be weel ouer red and ouer studied and sufficiently vndirstonden. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 30 (MED) In caas a greet clerk wolde go into a librarie and ouer studie there a long proces of feith writun in the Bible, [etc.]. c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 118 (MED) Abide he unto tyme he have over studied wel bothe the firste and the secunde parties of this book in to the eend. 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > excessively overstudya1652 a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden ii. i. 21 in Five New Playes (1659) They are Gentlemen of my standing, Sir, that have a little over-studied themselves. a1652 R. Brome City Wit iii. iv. sig. D5v, in Five New Playes (1653) Alas, he has over-studied himself! 1767 E. Evans Let. 19 Oct. in Percy Lett. (1957) V. 139 I am sensible that I have really overstudied my self when at School. 1813 J. Austen Let. 3 July (1995) 215 It is the custom at Winchester for Georges to come away a fortnight before the Holidays..for fear they should overstudy themselves just at last, I suppose. b. transitive. To study (something) excessively. ΚΠ 1706 T. D'Urfey Wonders in Sun ii. 31 Oh yes Sir, they ever grow Lean with overstuding [sic] their Country's Profit and their Prince's Honour. 1875 Harper's Mag. Nov. 864/1 If Disraeli..was at first coughed down as a failure, it was rather because he had overstudied his part. 1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 325/1 He had studied his pose, perhaps had overstudied it, and was in consequence constrained. 1949 World Politics 2 74 Subjects like disarmament and pacific settlement were..disproportionately overstudied. 2002 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 28 Sept. 14 You shouldn't overstudy a score or come up with an idea of what it will sound like. c. intransitive. To spend too much time studying; to study too hard or intently. ΚΠ 1864 J. P. Wickersham School Econ. 258 If he overwork or overstudy,..he will experience suffering and pain. 1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley vii. 229 He had overstudied, we may suppose. 1931 Times 17 Mar. 11/6 She then began to study to become a school mistress... [Her brother] thought that she over-studied. 1998 Roanoke Times & World News (Nexis) 3 Sept. c1 My professors tell me I overstudy and overprepare. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1743v.c1443 |
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