overbear

over-bear(承擔;忍受)

v. [=overwhelm;to bring down by superior weight or force ]

v. [ to surpass in importance]

 

字源:overbear原本個航海的用語,指的是風太大,帆不能承受,over是過度的意思,而bear是指承擔;忍受。之後的比喻上的用法,就可以指power過強之類的概念。

 

 

review p.53

bear bear  bore  born

v.承擔        (Mrs. Ann bears all expenses.)

v.忍受        (I can't bear this weather.)       // for. bear   v.克制

v.生小孩      (She has born five children.)     // for e bear   n.祖先

n.熊   ...beer才是啤酒

 

 

family word

overbearing

over-bear-ing

adj. [arrogant]

ps.概念上就是形容某個人所展示的power, authority過當,以致有自大的情況。

 

 

 

 

 

 

overdose

over-dose

n. 配藥量過多[too great an amount (of a drug) taken at one time]

ex.  take an overdose of sleeping tablets

v.[To take an overdose. ]

 

ps. youtube找到的一個團

OverDose - 漣漪 MV

 

 

review p.161

dose

n.(藥物等的)一劑 [a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time .]

ex. a dose of penicillin

ex. Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.

v.(按劑量)給...服藥

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

overdue

over-due

adj.過期的[Being unpaid when due]

ex. an overdue bill.

adj. [Coming or arriving after the scheduled or expected time]

ex.an overdue train.

 

 

ps. due是澳語中的髒話的意思,是以前個僑生同學教的。

due~due~due~ cccc...

 

 

 

 

 

overexposure

over-expose-ure

n.曝光過度 [ exposing too long or too much]

ex. Avoiding overexposure to television / to sun / to noisy place.

 

review p. 192 exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

overflow

v.溢出、溢流 [To flow over the top, brim, or banks of.  ]

ex. Your bath is overflowing.
你澡盆裡的水都溢出來了

ex. The audience overflowed the small theater.

 

有些洗手台上端,有個小口,它的作用就是讓水overflow,不然水會過滿。

另外有在玩水族箱的人可能會知道overflow pipe(可看下面的短片介紹).

 

 

 

 

 

 

overhaul /ˏovɚˋhɔl/

over-haul

v.徹底檢修 [examine (sth) carefully and thoroughly and make any necessary repairs ]

ex. have the engine of a car overhauled
檢修汽車的發動機

 

字的概念:就是把東西拉高,然後從頭到腳的檢修

 

haul 主要的字義是"用力拖拉"的意思

比方說把漁網拉起來 hauling with fishing nets

在電影transformer中,有隻long haul的車...綠色的那台

(好像人氣比較低唷~我都沒記得了哈)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

overlap

over-lap (reivew p.286, lap有摺疊的意思)

v.重疊 [To lie or extend over and cover part of]

ex. The edges must overlap each other or weeds will push through the gaps.

n.重疊

ex. There is no question of overlap between the two courses.
這兩門課程之間不存在重疊的問題

 

 

 

 

overlook

字義很機車...要留心

v.俯瞰 [To look over or at from a higher place.]

ex. We overlook the church from our house.

v.沒注意到 [To fail to notice or consider; miss.] ≒ oversight n.疏忽大意

ex. He overlooked a spelling error on the first page

 

v.監督 [To watch over; oversee ] ≒ oversight n.監督

ex. I overlook the work in the office.
我監督辦公室的工作

 

整理:

overlook oversee oversight
v.俯瞰    
v.沒注意到   n.疏忽大意
v.監督 v.監督 n.監督

 

監督 = supervise = superintend   // oversight n.監督

supervise v.監督

superintend v.監督

 

 

 

 

 

 

overpower

v. 擊敗 [be too strong or powerful for (sb); defeat (sb) by greater strength or numbers ]

ex. He was overpowered by the heat.

ex. It took ten guardsmen to overpower him.

 

family word

overpowering

adj.強烈得使人無法忍受的

ps. An overpowering feeling is so strong that you cannot resist it.

ex. The desire for revenge can be overpowering.
報仇的的慾望強烈到使人無法抵抗。

 

 

 

 

 

 

overreach

over-reach

v.過度伸張, 走過頭 [to go to excess, To reach or extend over or beyond.]

ex. The company had overreached itself and made unwise investments.

ps. 我看到這個字都會想到打者揮棒太大,打到捕手的畫面...

 

 

 

 

 

 

override

over-ride

v.奔越過 [To ride across]

v.不理會, 無視 [To declare null and void; set aside; to disregard]

ex. They overrode my protest and continued with the meeting.
他們不顧我的抗議仍繼續開會.

 

字個概念:在之前是指騎士很自大騎過(ride over)而不顧平民百姓。所以overide才有當 disregard的用法。

ps.如果你主機板壞了,開機進BIOS時就會逼逼叫,那時候畫面就會出現只有個藍框內有"overide這個字"

 

 

 

 

overriding

over-ride-ing

adj. [taking precedence over all other considerations; principal]

ps. the overriding factor就是指這個factor我們得首要地來處理,而其他的factor,就像騎士很自大騎過而可以置之不理。

ex. The CEO in your company is my overriding customer.

ex. Overriding physical perception

 

 

 

 

 

overrule

over-rule

v.駁回 [To disallow the action or arguments of, especially by virtue of higher authority .]

ex. The defense attorney's objection was overruled by the judge
被告律師的抗議被法官所overrule

ex. The judge overruled the previous decision.
法官宣佈撤銷原判

 

ps. sustain=抗議成立;overrule=抗議無效

 

字的概念:就是在上方統治你,over + rule

 

 

 

 

 
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