overwork
v
1 [I, Tn] (cause a person or an animal to) work too hard or too long (使人或动物)工作过劳或时间过长
You'll become ill if you continue to overwork. 你这样劳累下去就要病了.
overwork a horse 使马疲劳过度.
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
use (a word, etc) too much (and so weaken its importance or effectiveness) 滥用(词等)(因而削弱词义的力量)
an overworked phrase, metaphor, expression, etc 因使用频繁而失去原有力量的短语、 比喻、 固定词组等
`Situation' is a word that is greatly overworked. `情况'一词因使用过多而失去了准确性.
overwork n [U]
working too hard or too long 工作过劳或时间过长
ill through overwork 积劳成疾
stress caused by overwork 工作过累造成的紧张.
🗣️ 情景例句
How much time will it take for my mail to get to where it is going?
我的信件到达它要去的地方要用多少时间?
If only our team had scored one more point.
要是我们队再多得一分就好了。
One of these men was found and he began to tell the story of this family group.