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overprotective

adjective
🔊/ˌəʊvəprəˈtektɪv/
🔊/ˌəʊvərprəˈtektɪv/
 (disapproving)
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  1. too anxious to protect somebody from being hurt, in a way that limits their freedom过分保护的；袒护的；溺爱有加的
    • overprotective parents溺爱子女的父母
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverprotective is used with these nouns:
    • father
    • mother
    • parent
    • …
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