overpunish

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To punish excessively; to issue a punishment that is harsher than necessary. transitive
    — After each one of the two cards has been presented, the overpunished child will invariably say that the father (or mother) is going to hit the child with a belt, or fist, or some other implement; the child will feel bad; the child will be mad at the parent; and the child will want to run away, or less commonly, want to strike the parent back.

词形变化

overpunishes present,singular,third-person overpunishing participle,present overpunished participle,past overpunished past

词源

From over- + punish.
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