| 英语单词 | overboard |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['əʊvəbɔːd] 美 ['əʊvəbɔːd] |
| 中文释义 | adv.自船上落下;在船外 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The girl fell overboard and drowned. (2) She fell overboard and the sharks got her. (3) Many passengers threw wastes overboard and they were fined. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那个女孩从船上掉入水中淹死了。 (2) 她从船上跌落水中,被鲨鱼咬了。 (3) 一些游客把垃圾扔到船外被罚了款。 |
| vocabulary简明 | You can only fall overboard if you're on a boat. If you fall overboard, don't forget your life vest! |
| vocabulary扩展 | The adverb overboard most often comes up when someone falls in the water. When it's used literally, it very specifically refers to the movement of a person or an object from a boat into the ocean or other body of water. Figuratively, to go overboard means to take something too far — you're going overboard on your diet if you refuse to eat anything that isn't green. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADV 副词]向舷外 If you fall overboard, you fall over the side of a boat into the water. [ADV after v]
2 [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]
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]
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