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overstress

🇬🇧 UK/'ovəstrɛs/🇺🇸 US/'әuvә'stres/
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Definitions

v.

To place too much emphasis on something; to subject a person or object to excessive stress

过分强调;使承受过大压力

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
overexcessively, above
+
stressdraw tight, bind
=overstress

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