overspecify

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˌoʊvɚˈspɛsɪˌfaɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To specify in excessive detail.
    — The customer overspecified the requirements and now we're contractually required to build it this way. Does he think he's an engineer?
  2. To specify excessive capability.
    — As usual the customer overspecified the requirements, it's like asking for a car that seats 20 and fits in a compact car's parking space.
  3. To provide redundant or inconsistent information.
    — An overspecified truth table contains at least one decision that will never be executed because it is already specified in a previous decision...

词形变化

overspecifies present,singular,third-person overspecifying participle,present overspecified participle,past overspecified past

词汇关系

反义词
underspecify
相关词
overspecification

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English specify
English overspecify
From over- + specify.
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