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Overboard Boat Side Throw ˈəʊvəbɔːd ˈoʊvərbɔːrd Fall Fell

Overboard is an adverb meaning falling over the side of a boat into the water, and also a phrasal verb meaning to go to an extreme or to discard ideas.

Overboard 有两个主要含义:一是副词,指从船的侧面掉入水中;二是短语,表示行为“过分”或“过火”,以及丢弃想法或建议。

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/o͟ʊvə(r)bɔː(r)d/
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[ADV 副词]向舷外 If you fall overboard, you fall over the side of a boat into the water.
  [ADV after v]
  • His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson...

    他的航海教练在一次训练课时从船上失足跌入水中,溺水身亡。

  • He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore.

    他在纽约港跳下船,游上了岸。

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[PHRASE 短语]做得过分(或过火) If you say that someone goes overboard, you mean that they do something to a greater extent than is necessary or reasonable.
  [V inflects]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers...

    女性有时因过度使用磨砂膏而损伤了皮肤。

  • What do you think causes the police to go overboard, to use excessive violence?

    你认为是什么原因导致警察行为过激,滥用暴力?

3
[PHRASE 短语]抛弃,丢弃(想法、建议等) If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely.
  [V inflects]
  • They had thrown their neutrality overboard in the crisis.

    他们在这场危机中丢弃了中立立场。


Oxford over·board / ˈəʊvəbɔːd ; NAmE ˈoʊvərbɔːrd / adverb over the side of a boat or a ship into the water 从船上落下 to fall/jump overboard 从船上落入╱跳入水中 Huge waves washed him overboard. 巨浪把他冲下甲板卷入海中。 IDIOMS go ˈoverboard ( informal) to be too excited or enthusiastic about sth or about doing sth 过分热情;过分热衷 Don't go overboard on fitness. 热衷健身运动别过头。 throw sb/sth ˈoverboard to get rid of sb/sth that you think is useless 抛弃;扔掉 over·board / ˈəʊvəbɔːd ; NAmE ˈoʊvərbɔːrd /
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overboardo‧ver‧board /ˈəʊvəbɔːd $ ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/ adverb
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Phrases
1over the side of a ship or boat into the water:  One of the crew fell overboard and drowned. Man overboard (=said when someone falls off a boat)!2go overboard to do or say something that is too extreme for a particular situation:  I hope politicians will not go overboard in trying to control the press.3 throw something overboard to get rid of an idea, system etc that is considered to be useless or unnecessary
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overboard

[ˈəʊvəbɔ:d]

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Spoken:

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自船上落下(67%),在船外(33%)
adv.自船上落下;向船外
adj.极其热心的;全身心投入的

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