【绝望的主妇】“你不觉得这样夸张了点吗？”

【句子】Don’t you think that’s a little over the top? 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】【发音】[dəʊnt] [ju:] [θɪŋk] [ðæts] [ə] ['lɪtl] [ˈəʊ.və(r)] [ðə] [tɒp]/[tɑ:p]【发音技巧】don’t you音的同化；think that’s a不完全失去爆破+连读；little闪音；【翻译】你不觉得这样夸张了点吗？【适用场合】今天我们就来复习一下over the top的用法，之前在第150期节目的时候，我们就讲过这个短语的用法。当时是在学习摩登家庭第一季第一集。I just think it’s a little over-the-top.我只是觉得，这样有点太过了。今天呢我们来做更进一步的学习：over the top一般指的是：beyond a certain limit or quota超出了一定的范围、份额（这个表达在日常生活中，尤其英式英语里还经常简写为OTT）eg: The new salesmen are excellent. They were over the top within the first six months.新来的这批销售真厉害啊，刚来半年就超额完成任务。eg: We didn't go over the top. We didn't even get half of what we set out to collect.我们还没有超额。我们甚至还没有达到我们当初预想的一半呢。或者这个短语也可以表示excessive or outrageous过分的，夸张的；做这个意思的时候，经常会加上连字符，构成复合形容词over-the-topeg: Maybe he went a little bit over the top with some of his language.也许他说的有些话，确实是有些过分了。eg: The comedy was so over-the-top that most of the audience was embarrassed.这部喜剧有点过于夸张了，大部分的观众都觉得有点尴尬。eg: Perhaps I was a little bit over the top, accusing you of being a traitor.也许我当时指责你是一个叛徒，说得确实是过了一点。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】I was already thinking about buying the new car, but having a test drive in one pushed me over the top.