| 词汇 | overearnest |
| 释义 | overearnest adjective (alsoover-earnest)uk /ˌəʊ.vərˈɜː.nɪst/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈɝː.nɪst/ too serious and determined, especially so serious that you are unable to find your own actions funny: 过分认真;过分严肃 She's an over-earnest director who's made a handful of second-rate films. His novels could sometimes be over-earnest.他的小说有时可能过于严肃。 An over-earnest presenter was asking her increasingly dull questions. I got stuck talking to an overearnest academic. She plays the over-earnest daughter of a British family visiting the Dordogne. Critics describe his plays as over-earnest. The overearnest dancer droned on about her partner for so long that I wanted to fall asleep. Lacking humour a laugh a minuteidiom be no laughing matteridiom beyond beyond a jokeidiom earnestly earnestness humourlessly intense lightly saturnine sober soberly solemnity sombreness starchy straight-facedly turgid turgidity turgidly ultra-serious |
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