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7 de may. de 2006 · "Overkill" puede ser el sustantivo "overkill"/demasía o el verbo "to overkill"/"to go to far"/demasiarse. El juego de palabras tiene que ver con la palabra "kill" que compone una parte de "overkill" ya que se trata el programa de una serie de asesinatos (que siempre, por definición, son demasiados).
29 de feb. de 2012 · In google there are many more results for 'it's an overkill' (more than 6 million) than for 'it's overkill' (200,000). About the second question, an overkill is an exageration in resources, effort, etc. to solve a problem. You are putting more effort than it's needed. If unemployment is high, pretending to care for your employees is not needed.
CAD中overkill的应用：消除重元. 快速删除重复和合并重叠的线条和圆弧段来移除不需要的对象,这就是 消除重元 命令。. 摘要：. 在CAD设计绘图中，所绘制的图元有很多的线条是重合覆盖的，这样的地方不但加大了我们图纸的大小，使图纸打开和保存变慢，影响 ...
31 de dic. de 2013 · Returning to the specific question about comma placement: We tend to put a comma before conjunctions such as but. Strictly speaking, we normally put commas around a parenthetic insertion. Here, that insertion is "more importantly", not "but more importantly". With the parenthesis omitted, and replacing it with "also", we'd have: I have not only ...
7 de feb. de 2013 · While "any of the other students / any other student" do sound slightly better to me than "any other students" in the example in #10, I've never heard of any hard and fast rule about not using "any other" with the plural. Or if there is a rule, it's a rule that's not observed by most native English speakers. Think about the following sentences:
11 de ago. de 2009 · Seven question marks is overkill. "I have read the book that you gave me." makes sense. The word "read" is pronounced the same as "red" there because it is the past participle of the verb "read." "I read the book that you had given me." makes sense only if "read" is in the past tense (and thus pronounced "red"). "I read the book that you had ...
California. English - US. Apr 15, 2013. #3. Yes, "run into" does suggest headlong contact, though it also is used when that isn't necessarily what happened. I'm having difficulty coming up with a verb that would suggest the movement you have in mind. "I ran into the wall sideways on my bike" might work, but it seems clumsy.
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4 de feb. de 2009 · Jul 6, 2013. #16. In Spain there's a very useful answer for ' like flogging a dead horse ': (es como) darse coscorrones contra la pared. The meaning is, as you explained before, to insist without a result; or also something that it's impossible to change or to happen.
25 de jul. de 2016 · Jul 25, 2016. #3. e2efour said: If you say Do let me know, you are making your request more emphatic and suggesting that you really mean what you are saying. It can mean don't hesitate to tell me. Please let me know can sound more routine and automatic. Please do let me know sounds like "overkill" and I would be surprised to hear it.
