overboard
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++o·ver·board /ˈəʊvəbɔːd $ ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/ adverb 1 TTWover the side of a ship or boat into the water 从船舷掉入水中 One of the crew fell overboard and drowned. 有一个船员从船上落水淹死了。 Man overboard (=said when someone falls off a boat)! 有人落水了！2 go overboard TOO/TOO MUCHto do or say something that is too extreme for a particular situation 做事[说话]过分，走极端 I hope politicians will not go overboard in trying to control the press. 我希望政客们在控制媒体方面不要做得太过分。3. throw something overboard to get rid of an idea, system etc that is considered to be useless or unnecessary 抛弃某事物，去除某事物
Examples from the Corpus
overboard• And what happened, that a girl should fall overboard?• But the flare was useless and I tossed it overboard.• I threw the decayed rattan overboard.• One error and he would have been torn loose and hurled overboard to be smothered by the driving spray.fell overboard• Eichenburger apparently slipped and fell overboard.o·ver·board adverbChineseSyllable
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overboard
o‧ver‧board /ˈəʊvəbɔːd $ ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/
adverb
1. over 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)!
2. go 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
o‧ver‧board /ˈəʊvəbɔːd $ ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/
adverb1. over the side of a ship or boat into the water:
2. go overboard to do or say something that is too extreme for a particular situation:
3. throw something overboard to get rid of an idea, system etc that is considered to be useless or unnecessary
