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单词 overwork
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overwork
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈwɜːk/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɝːk/
to (causesomeone to)worktoo much:
（使）劳累过度，（使）工作太累
Youlookexhausted- Ihopethey're not overworking you.你看起来疲惫极了——我希望他们没有让你过于劳累。
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overwork
noun[U]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈwɜːk/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɝːk/
doing too muchwork:
工作过度，过分劳累
He gotsickthrough overwork.他因劳累过度而病倒了。
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(Definition ofoverworkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overwork| American Dictionary

overwork
verb[I/T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈwɜrk/
toworkor make apersonoranimalworktoo hard or toolong:
[T]She overworks herstaff.

overwork

noun[U]us
/ˈoʊ·vərˌwɜrk/
Herheadachesarelikelycausedby overwork.

overworked

adjectiveus
/ˌoʊ·vərˈwɜrkt/
Ifeeloverworked andunderpaid.
(Definition ofoverworkfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

overwork| Business English

overwork
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/us
HR
toworktoo much orcausesomeone toworktoo much:
Theunionsays they are overworking us to thepointwhereourhealthisaffected.
She had been overworking andneededavacation.

overworked

adjective
Nursesfeeloverworked andunderpaid.
Overworkedemployeesare taking moresickdays.
overwork
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊvəwɜːk/us
/ˈoʊvɚwɝːk/
HR
theactofworkingtoo hard or too much:
Stress and overwork areblamedfor highlevelsofabsenteeism.
(Definition ofoverworkfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverwork

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The list of words overworked or misused - and not by students alone - is inexhaustible.
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Many rural farmers find that their land is either becoming too costly to keep as rents increase, or perhaps overworked so losing its fertility.
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When tenure isn't enough: overworked and unhappy, a tenured professor decides she wants out.
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Many feel overworked and underappreciated, which causes them to resent their wives.
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Drug-dependent persons, overworked counselors, and under funded administrators have more pressing problems to deal with.
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The doctors say, that it is caused by overworking, by mental overexertion.
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The very elaborated exhibition spaces seemed inflexible and overworked, again more of a labyrinth than an enjoyable spatial progression.
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Such issues include mistreatment of medical students by their mentors, overworking house staff, and the failure to disclose mistakes to patients.
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Workers had to be attentive to avoid overworking the valuable oxen that were reared for meat.
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The judiciary is officially independent, but it is poorly trained, overworked and easily compromised.
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In fact this picture may be overworked.
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Experts in the taxonomy of tropical plants are scarce and frequently overworked, so in naming their notoriously inadequate collections the herbarium provides the best hope to ecologists.
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Proponents of this approach would ask, for example, if some clinical departments are overworked and understaffed, prompting them to cut corners in coding and billing to save time.
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Everyone is overworked in this business.
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Once again, he insists that sympathy for communism, while certainly present, has been greatly overworked as an explanation for what these men did and did not do.
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