overkill

名词 overkill:

1. the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
2. any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal

1. That's overkill; she dress up like a princess for the party.
   她打扮得像个公主一样去参加宴会，真是太夸张了。
2. It was surely overkill to screen three interviews on the same subject in one evening.
   一晚放映三个同一主题的访问记实，真是小题大做。

o.ver.kill

n.（名词）
Destructive nuclear capacity exceeding the amount needed to destroy an enemy.
过度的杀伤威力：超过了摧毁敌人所需量的毁灭性核能量
Excessive killing.
超量毁伤
An excess of what is necessary or appropriate for a particular end:
过分，过分行为：超出为达到某目的所需或合适的做法行为：
例句：
.government overkill in dealing with dissent.(Jesse Unruh)
.政府在处理不同意见时的过度行为.(杰西·温鲁)

v.tr.（及物动词）
o.ver.killed,o.ver.kill.ing,o.ver.kills[ô.v…r-kl.]
To destroy (an enemy or enemy target) with more nuclear force than necessary.
超量杀伤：用超过必要量的核力量摧毁（敌军或敌军目标）