overboard
英 ['??v?b??d]
美['ov?b?rd]
- adv. 自船上落下；向船外
- adj. 極其熱心的；全身心投入的
TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯
助記提示
1. over- "outer" + board "side of a ship".
2. 含義：outer of the side of a ship, over the side of a ship.
3. 也就是越過船舷向外。
4. 由此也引申出了引申義：過度、過分(超過了常規的、正常的界限，都越出船舷了，很顯然就越出界限了).
2. 含義：outer of the side of a ship, over the side of a ship.
3. 也就是越過船舷向外。
4. 由此也引申出了引申義：過度、過分(超過了常規的、正常的界限，都越出船舷了，很顯然就越出界限了).
英文詞源
- overboard (adv.)
- "over the side of a ship," Old English ofor bord, from over + bord "side of a ship" (see board (n.2)). Figurative sense of "excessively, beyond one's means" (especially in phrase go overboard) first attested 1931 in Damon Runyon.
雙語例句
- 1. He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore.
- 他在紐約港跳下船，游上了岸。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson.
- 他的航海教練在一次訓練課時從船上失足跌入水中，溺水身亡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers.
- 女性有時因過度使用磨砂膏而損傷了皮膚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They had thrown their neutrality overboard in the crisis.
- 他們在這場危機中丟棄了中立立場。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Mary has gone overboard for some new Eastern religions.
- 瑪麗現已迷上一種新的東方宗教.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》