overjustify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for. transitive
  2. Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation. transitive

词形变化

overjustifies present,singular,third-person overjustifying participle,present overjustified participle,past overjustified past

词汇关系

衍生词
overjustification

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 justify
English overjustify
From over- + justify.
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