Overkill

    夸张

    Overkill字面解释是“过度杀伤”，在日常生活中这个词是什么意思呢？请看对话：

    A: What do you think? Isn’t visiting an art museum much better than watching a movie?

    B: Well I agree. But the art museum would be even better if it served popcorn too!

    A: You said it. If only we could buy popcorn, hotdogs and beer here!

    B: Hot dogs and beer? I don’t know. I think that might be overkill.

    A: Overkill?

    B: When you think that an idea has gone too far, you can say that it is overkill. When you say something is overkill, it is more than what is needed. An excess of something beyond what is required or suitable for a given purpose.

    A: Why “over-KILL?”

    B: This was originally applied to nuclear weaponry.

    A: I see. By the way, have you been to the Walmart near the campus?

    B: Yeah. A 10,000-square-meter Walmart is overkill for our community.

    记住了吗？Overkill就是“夸张、过分”。