| 单词 | overrefine |
| 释义 | overrefine in British English (ˌəʊvərɪˈfaɪn) verb 1. to refine (something) to excess 2. (intransitive) to make excessively fine distinctions Derived forms overrefinement (ˌoverreˈfinement) noun overrefine in American English (ˌouvərrɪˈfain) transitive verbWord forms: -fined, -fining to refine excessively, as with oversubtle distinctions Word origin [1705–15; over- + refine]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: convergence, costume, encore, unconscious, zigzagover- is a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “toomuch,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent fromold or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any wordswhose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly |
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