An overreaction is the too-big answer itself: the extra anger, the panic, the heavy punishment, or the sudden rule that the problem did not really need. It is the noun that sits next to the verb overreact.

An overreaction isoverreaction指的是 the too-big answer itself反應本身太過頭了： the extra anger, the panic, the heavy punishment, or the sudden rule像是多出來的憤怒、驚慌、過重的處罰，或是突然訂出的規定， that the problem did not really need而這些其實是問題並不需要的。 It is the noun它是名詞形式， that sits next to the verb overreact對應的動詞是overreact。

Offices, news, and families all use it — “That was an overreaction.” Doctors sometimes use it when a body answers too strongly, but everyday talk is almost always about feelings and behaviour.

Offices, news, and families all use it公司、新聞、家人都會用這個字── “That was an overreaction.”「那真是反應過度了」 Doctors sometimes use it when a body answers too strongly醫生有時候也會用它，指身體反應太強烈， but everyday talk is almost always about feelings and behaviour但日常對話幾乎都是在講情緒和行為。

Though actually, calling something an overreaction is already a judgement. You are saying the other person’s size of feeling was wrong, so say it kindly, or be ready for an argument. One moment of overreacting is a verb; the thing they did, or the pattern of it, is the overreaction.

Though actually不過其實， calling something an overreaction is already a judgement說某件事是overreaction，本身就已經是一種評斷。 You are saying你等於是在說 the other person’s size of feeling was wrong對方情緒的大小是不對的， so say it kindly所以要說得婉轉一點， or be ready for an argument不然就要有心理準備會吵起來。 One moment of overreacting is a verb一次反應過度的當下，用的是動詞overreacting； the thing they did, or the pattern of it, is the overreaction而他們做的那件事、或是那個模式，才是overreaction這個名詞。