overdone
やりすぎた
解説 Definition
overdone は overdo（やりすぎる、料理を加熱しすぎる）の過去分詞です。行動や演出が過剰な場合にも、食べ物に火が通りすぎた場合にも使います。形容詞として「やりすぎた」「度を越した」という意味でよく使われます。
Overdone describes something carried beyond an appropriate or effective limit. It can refer to excessive decoration, performance, language, or behavior, and it also describes food that has been cooked too long, often becoming dry, tough, or burnt.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overdone は overdo「やりすぎる」の過去分詞で、overdo–overdid–overdone と do–did–done の不規則変化を引き継ぎます。over- は「限度を超えて」を表すため、overdone decorations なら過剰な飾り、overdone steak なら加熱しすぎた肉です。人の努力が原因、結果の状態が overdone と整理します。
Divide overdone into over + done: something has been done beyond the proper limit. It is the past participle of overdo and follows do’s irregular pattern: overdo, overdid, overdone, matching do, did, done. Use one scale for both main senses. Decorations, acting, or a speech can be excessive and therefore overdone; a steak can remain over the heat too long and become dry or tough. The word usually describes the resulting condition, while overdo is the action that causes it.
例文
The decorations looked overdone for a small party.
小さなパーティーにしては飾り付けがやりすぎに見えました。
His apology felt sincere, but the speech was overdone.
彼の謝罪は誠実に感じられましたが、スピーチはやりすぎでした。
The steak was overdone and too dry.
ステーキは焼きすぎで、ぱさぱさしていました。
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overdone の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語の接頭辞「over-（過度に）」と動詞「do」の過去分詞「done」から成ります。「限度を超えて行われた」状態を指し、料理の焼きすぎから態度のやりすぎまでイメージが自然に繋がるでしょう。「overwork（働きすぎる）」や「overact（大げさに演じる）」も同じ規則で作られます。
Overdone is the past participle of overdo. It combines over-, an Old English element expressing excess or movement beyond a limit, with done, the irregular past participle of do. Its literal structure is therefore “done too much.” The form has long been applicable to excessive actions and effects, and its culinary use follows the same logic: food is overdone when cooking has continued beyond the desirable point.
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