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overeat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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o·ver·eat /ˌəʊvərˈiːt $ ˌoʊ-/ verb (past tense overate /-ˈet, -ˈeɪt $ -ˈeɪt/, past participle overeaten /-ˈiːtn/) [intransitive]  DFNEATto eat too much, or eat more than is healthy 吃得过多,暴食
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overeatYou need to watch your weight - have you been overeating?For others, it might mean therapy to root out the underlying causes of overeating.Most other Western countries are overeating, and the developing countries are fast catching up.Apart from over-sleepiness, symptoms include: lethargy, overeating, depression, social problems and loss of libido.A woman who overeats during pregnancy can cause health problems for her child.And if we overate on any one of them then any surplus energy would end up by making us fat.And one night, as we groan from overeating, she offers to teach me the pleasures of a fast.What made people overeat, she said, was insecurity and immaturity.You overeat, smoke, drink, bite your nails etc.He looked at Angelina and overate, the right side of his. face ballooned like a heavyweight squirrel.Some people can overeat without putting on much weight.
o·ver·eat verbChineseSyllable
or eat much, than more too eat to Corpus


overeat
overeat /ˌəʊvərˈiːt $ ˌoʊ-/ verb (past tense overate /-ˈet,-ˈeɪt $ -ˈeɪt/, past participle overeaten /-ˈiːtn/) [intransitive]
to eat too much, or eat more than is healthy


over·eatBrE /ˌəʊvərˈiːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈiːt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they overeat BrE /ˌəʊvərˈiːt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈiːt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it overeats BrE /ˌəʊvərˈiːts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈiːts/ 🔊past simple overate BrE /ˌəʊvərˈet/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈeɪt/ 🔊past participle overeaten BrE /ˌəʊvərˈiːtn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈiːtn/ 🔊 -ing form overeating BrE /ˌəʊvərˈiːtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈiːtɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to eat more than you need or more than is healthy 吃得过量;吃撑了 over·eat·ing BrE /ˌəʊvərˈiːtɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈiːtɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] She went through periods of compulsive overeating. 她经历过几个阶段的强迫性暴食。🔊🔊