| 单词 | to work overtime |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work overtime In addition to regular or set hours. Chiefly in to work overtime: to work time additional to one's regular or set hours; (also figurative) to work very hard, to make a great effort (esp. in order to achieve a specified result). ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > over a period of time overtime1793 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (intransitive)] > work overtime to work overtime1793 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] playOE wendc1325 wallowc1380 busyc1384 plya1393 walka1400 stickle1566 to ply it1582 bebusied1603 to work overtime1938 1793 Proc. Old Bailey 30 Oct. 1096/2 My husband..was obliged to work four hours over time that night. 1802 Morning Chron. 23 Aug. During the war they always worked over time enough to entitle them to near 5s. a day. 1836 in G. D. H. Cole & A. W. Filson Brit. Working Class Movements (1965) 290 One body of men have been working overtime to a degree that was seriously injurious to their health. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) i. ii. 6 She worked over-time. 1894 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 41 5 Sixty hands..working overtime. 1914 St. Nicholas Mag. Apr. 512/1 The ‘jinx’, as the players term it, worked overtime at the Polo Grounds. 1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm xvi. 262 In that moment my brain worked overtime. 1974 G. Butler Coffin for Canary i. 9 My tongue had worked overtime at the week-end..talking with my sister. 1990 Smithsonian Jan. 130/1 Many work overtime to make up for staffing shortfalls. < as lemmas |
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