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词汇 over-familiar
释义 over-familiar
adjective
(alsooverfamiliar)uk /ˌəʊ.və.fəˈmɪl.i.ər/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/

over-familiaradjective (REPEATED)


having been seen, met, heard, etc. too many times before : 过于熟悉
The DJ played a dull, over-familiar selection of dance songs. 音乐节目播音员播放了一些乏味、过于熟悉的舞曲。
They have become overfamiliar with each other, and each feels their partner has nothing new to offer them.
Some of the names on the list were unfamiliar to him, others overfamiliar.
What happened to her after the incident made for a familiar story, even an over-familiar one.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Plain and ordinary
as it comesidiom
austere
austerely
austerity
average Joe
homespun
homey
humble
humdrum
middle-of-the-road
sparely
spartan
stale
starkly
starkness
unostentatious
unostentatiously
unpainted
unremarkable
unremarkably

over-familiaradjective (friendly)


too informal and friendly, sometimes in a way that does not show respect to someone who is not a family member or close friend: 过于随意
A good manager should know how to be friendly without being over-familiar.有经验的经理应该知道如何友好待人而又不过分随意。
He often put his arm around Sophie, but was never overfamiliar with the others.
I began to be concerned that one of my customers was becoming over-familiar.
Service at the restaurant was professional and friendly, but not over-familiar .
She spoke in a chatty, overfamiliar way, not at all appropriate for the formal setting.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Manners & levels of formality
button-down
buttoned-up
casualization
ceremonious
ceremoniously
formally
genteel
genteelly
genteelness
gentility
grace
non-formal
non-U
not the done thingidiom
propriety
pukka
solemnity
valediction
valedictory
without ceremony
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