excessive

Compared meaning: more than what is reasonable (adjective).

比较义项：过度的，超过合理或必要的限度（形容词）。

• excessive 本词

  The everyday, general-purpose word for 'too much'; can describe concrete behaviors, quantities or actions (drinking, force, noise, heat) as well as abstract ones, in any register.

  这是表示“过多”最常用、最通用的词，既可以修饰具体的行为或数量（如饮酒、力度、噪音、高温），也可以修饰抽象的事物，适用于各种语域。

  The doctor said his excessive drinking was damaging his liver.

  医生说他过度饮酒正在损害他的肝脏。

• inordinate

  More formal and literary; typically modifies an abstract noun like 'amount', 'degree' or 'time', and often carries a tone of mild surprise or disapproval at how much was involved.

  语体更正式、更书面，通常修饰“数量”“程度”“时间”之类的抽象名词，语气上常带有对“竟然这么多”的轻微惊讶或不满。

  She spent an inordinate amount of time choosing a birthday card.

  她花了过多的时间去挑选一张生日贺卡。

Excessive and inordinate both mean more than reasonable, but differ in tone. Excessive is the everyday, general word for "too much," used for actions or amounts like drinking or noise. Inordinate is more formal and literary, usually describing an abstract noun like amount or time.

这两个词在“过度”这个意义上很接近，但 inordinate 更正式、更书面，通常用来修饰抽象的数量或程度（如时间、自豪感），而 excessive 更常用、更口语化，可以修饰具体的行为或数量（如饮酒、力度、噪音）。