overreaction

过度反应n.

• Her angry response is merely an overreaction.

  她愤怒的回应不过是过度反应罢了。

• There is some overreaction to this new technology.

  有些人对这项新技术反应过度。

• Scientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions, if we take a moment and think about how we are likely to react, we can reduce or even eliminate the negative effects of our quick, hard-wired responses.

  科学家们发现，尽管我们容易突然做出过度反应，但如果我们花点时间思考一下我们可能会如何反应，我们就能减少甚至消除快速本能反应的负面影响。