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单词 overtry
释义

overtry

English

Etymology

over- + try

Verb

overtry (third-person singular simple present overtries, present participle overtrying, simple past and past participle overtried)

  1. (transitive) To spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).
    • 2009 August 18, A. G. Sulzberger, “Astor Trial Plods on, Trying the Patience of Many”, in New York Times:
      “It would appear to me that the case is being overtried by the district attorney’s office,” said Benjamin Brafman, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.
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