| 单词 | excessive |
| 释义 | excessive (once / 327 pages) adj Excessive means beyond what is typical or normal. When something is excessive, there's way too much. Excessive refers to something that is extra — usually in a negative way. A 90-second drum solo in a two-minute song is excessive. Getting down on your knees and kissing someone's feet to thank them for a favor is excessive, unless they gave you their firstborn. Often this means something that exceeds the bounds of good taste, or is extravagant and inappropriately expensive. You should dress up for dinner, but wearing a ball gown to a diner is excessive. WORD FAMILYexcessive: excessively, excessiveness+/exceed: exceeded, exceeding, exceeds, excessive/exceeded: unexceeded/exceeding: exceedingly/exceedingly: exceedinglys USAGE EXAMPLESHis detractors accuse him of excessive charm, but it may be more accurate to say that he edits brutality from his world view. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) He argued in his appeal that his new sentence of 90 years was excessive. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Was a good dude, great dude, the cleanest guy, nothing necessarily excessive. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj beyond normal limits excessive charges Syn inordinate, undue, unreasonable immoderate beyond reasonable limits 2adj unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings Syn extravagant, exuberant, overweening unrestrained not subject to restraint |
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