overworking
present participle ofoverwork
| 单词 | overworking |
| 释义 | overworking present participle ofoverwork overwork verb[IorT] uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈwɜːk/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɝːk/to (causesomeone to)worktoo much: Youlookexhausted- Ihopethey're not overworking you. Work, working and the workplace
Examplesofoverworkingoverworking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The doctors say, that it is caused byoverworking, by mental overexertion. From theCambridge English Corpus Such issues include mistreatment of medical students by their mentors,overworkinghouse staff, and the failure to disclose mistakes to patients. From theCambridge English Corpus Workers had to be attentive to avoidoverworkingthe valuable oxen that were reared for meat. From theCambridge English Corpus I have never observed restrictive practices operating to prevent married womenoverworking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He isoverworkingthis device of previous assent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Overworking, inducing overtiredness, can be as dangerous as too much frivolity, or too much gambling, too much of going to the "flicks," and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They assume they think it is worth taking risks – criminal risks at that – inoverworkingtired drivers, and publicity risks if they are found guilty. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We should not try to break their backs byoverworkingthem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At that time, the coal mines, thanks to theoverworkingof the mines during the war and to other causes, were in a lamentable condition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is more, drivers want to be protected againstoverworkingand overtiredness, but they also want to get home quickly after a long trip. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Many burn out long before their pensionable age due tooverworking. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The result is that the teachers areoverworkingand cannot do justice to their pupils. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On top of that came the compulsory neglect, the inevitableoverworking, of the years of war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is obviously a practice which generally should be discouraged if it involvesoverworkingof the nurses concerned and their working long hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With 25 million taxpayers, to find 30 cases of maladministration over a two-year period is certainly not of itself evidence of understaffing andoverworking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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