overwork

英 [ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrk]

v.  (使)过度劳累，过分努力
n.  劳累过度; 过分辛苦

过去分词：overworked　现在分词：overworking　过去式：overworked　第三人称单数：overworks　

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.33320 / COCA.25116

牛津词典

verb

• （使）过度劳累，过分努力
  to work too hard; to make a person or an animal work too hard
  1. You look tired. Have you been overworking?
     你似乎很疲倦，是不是近来劳累过度了？
  2. She overworks her staff.
     她让员工过度劳累。

noun

• 劳累过度；过分辛苦
  the fact of working too hard
  1. His illness was brought on by money worries and overwork.
     他的病是因操心钱和劳累过度而造成的。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）工作过度；（使）过分劳累
  If youoverworkor if someoneoverworksyou, you work too hard, and are likely to become very tired or ill.
  1. He's overworking and has got a lot on his mind...
     他工作太累，而且非常操心。
  2. He overworks and underpays the poor clerk whom he employs.
     他让那个可怜的职员超负荷工作，却只支付极低的薪水。
  3. Overworkis also a noun.
     
  4. He died of a heart attack brought on by overwork.
     他死于劳累过度引起的心脏病发作。

英英释义

noun

• the act of working too much or too long
  1. he became ill from overwork
  Synonym:overworking

verb

• use too much
  1. This play has been overworked
• work excessively hard
  1. he is exploiting the students
  Synonym:exploit

双语例句

• His illness is attributable to overwork.
  他的病可归因于劳累过度。
• So hard did he overwork that he fell ill at last.
  他太操劳过度以致最后病倒了。
• What with overwork and what with hunger, John fell ill.
  约翰病倒了，一半由于过度劳累一半由于饥饿。
• He became even thinner from overwork.
  过度紧张的工作使得他更加消瘦了。
• Idleness spawns discontent, whereas overwork leads to mental and physical exhaustion.
  懒惰滋生不满，而过度工作导致精神和身体的疲劳。
• Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.
  赶走人类，那么导致饥饿和过度劳累的根源就永远消除了。
• What with overwork and under-nourishment he fell ill.
  由于过劳，加上营养不足，他病倒了。
• Overwork does harm to health.
  工作过度对健康有害。
• He collapsed due to overwork.
  由于劳累过度他的身体垮了。
• His health collapsed because of overwork.
  他的身体因工作过度而垮掉了。