overkill
n[U]
(usu fig 通常作比喻) much greater amount than is needed to defeat sb/sth or achieve sth (为战胜某人[某事物]或达到某目的之)过火行动
It was surely overkill to screen three interviews on the same subject in one evening. 一晚放映三个同一主题的访问记实, 真是小题大做.
🗣️ 情景例句
Because the job was not challenging enough.
因为那份工作挑战性不够。
When I slept, he was out.
当我睡了时候,他外出了。
The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.