overworked

英 [ˌəʊvəˈwɜːkt]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrkt]

adj.  工作过多的; 劳累过度的; 用得过滥的; 滥而无效的
v.  (使)过度劳累，过分努力
overwork的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：overworked　过去式：overworked　

BNC.18618 / COCA.14862

牛津词典

adj.

• 工作过多的；劳累过度的
  made to work too hard or too much
  1. overworked nurses
     劳累过度的护士
• 用得过滥的；滥而无效的
  used too often so that the meaning or effect has become weaker

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （词语、表达方式、主意等）用得过滥的，陈词滥调的
  If you describe a word, expression, or idea asoverworked, you mean it has been used so often that it no longer has much effect or meaning.
  1. 'Ecological' has become one of the most overworked adjectives among manufacturers of garden supplies.
     “生态的”这个词已经成为园艺产品生产商用得最滥的形容词之一。
  2. ...an overworked simile.
     程式化的微笑

双语例句

• This is more than a mere annoyance to overworked parents. It affects the broader health of society.
  这对过度操劳的家长们不单单是个烦恼，它还会影响到社会的健康发展。
• But Obama still runs a risk: that his overworked rhetoric loses its power and boomerangs on him.
  但是奥巴马任然冒了风险，那是他强有力的言辞在他身上失去了它的力量和（自食其果）。
• He was overworked but never uttered a word of complaint.
  虽然超负荷工作，他从未发过一句怨言。
• You complain about being overworked or underpaid.
  抱怨工作量过大或薪水太低。
• Because Henry hated to delegate, he was always overworked.
  由于亨利不喜欢授权下属办事，所以他自己总是劳累过度。
• Tom's overworked and short-tempered teacher finally lost patience with the child's persistent questioning and seemingly self-centered behavior.
  托马斯的老师操劳过度、脾气暴躁，最后终于对这个孩子无止境的提问和貌似以自我为中心的行为失去了耐心。
• They were not notably overworked.
  他们的过度劳苦的情形并不显著。
• She's overworked that particular excuse.
  那个借口她用的次数太多了。
• We're all overworked and underpaid.
  我们都超时工作而且工资很低。
• I felt like the soil on some desperate sharecropper's farm, sorely overworked and needing a fallow season.
  我就像某个绝望的佃农所耕种的土壤，负担过重，亟需休耕。