单词 | overload |
释义 | overload Word forms: overloads, overloading , overloaded pronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (oʊvəʳloʊd ). The noun is pronounced (oʊvəʳloʊd ). 1. verb If you overload something such as a vehicle, you put more things or people into it than it was designed to carry. Don't overload the boat or it will sink. [VERB noun] Large meals overload the digestive system. [VERB noun] Synonyms: weigh down, burden, encumber, overburden overloaded adjective Some trains were so overloaded that their suspension collapsed. 2. verb To overload someone with work, problems, or information means to give them more work, problems, or information than they can cope with. ...an effective method that will not overload staff with yet more paperwork. [VERB noun + with] Synonyms: strain, tax, burden, saddle Overload is also a noun. 57 per cent complained of work overload. The greatest danger is that we simply create information overload for our executives. overloaded adjective The bar waiter was already overloaded with orders. 3. verb If you overload an electrical system, you cause too much electricity to flow through it, and so damage it. Never overload an electrical socket. [VERB noun] Quotations: It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back Collocations: cognitive overload Ministers have been eyeball to eyeball with complexities that must have threatened cognitive overload. Times,Sunday Times When able automatically to recall knowledge committed to longterm memory we free up capacity in our working memory and guard against cognitive overload. Times, Sunday Times They work under cognitive overload, engaging in multitasking and encountering frequent interruptions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of course, this impacts out ability to deeply concentrate and depending on the presence allocator, can eventually reach a point of cognitive overload. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cognitive overload can be diminished by increasing receptive and integrative capacity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It will overload the system and waste a lot of time for head teachers and governors. Times, Sunday Times Frequently, weather would overload the system and cause delays up to 1,000 miles away. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She could not tell if the exhilaration of married life had overloaded her system or what. Christianity Today Defeat overloaded his system and caused meltdown. Times, Sunday Times Just beyond the mouth of the harbour, the overloaded boat capsized and sank. Times, Sunday Times (2011) But we warned them the boat was overloaded. The Sun (2008) This boat is overloaded and you are putting our lives in danger. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The sensory overload will also ensure they will remember it for years afterwards. Times, Sunday Times A sensory overload of fast cameras and action. Times, Sunday Times When the bottle runs dry, people exhausted from sensory overload drift away. Times, Sunday Times As if zooming through his mind-mangling world in superimmersive virtual reality wasn't enough, feeling every bass rumble and snare snap amounts to near-total sensory overload. The Sun Attach background information, if necessary, in a separate document to avoid sensory overload. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 使超载 Japanese: 積みすぎる |
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