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单词 overwork
释义
overwork1 verboverwork2 noun
overworko‧ver‧work1 /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk $ ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrk/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
overwork
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyoverwork
he, she, itoverworks
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyoverworked
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave overworked
he, she, ithas overworked
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad overworked
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill overwork
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have overworked
Continuous Form
PresentIam overworking
he, she, itis overworking
you, we, theyare overworking
PastI, he, she, itwas overworking
you, we, theywere overworking
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been overworking
he, she, ithas been overworking
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been overworking
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be overworking
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been overworking
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The company has been overworking its employees to try to keep up with demand.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Normally bubbly and animated, she had seemed tired and overworked.
  • She had a special driver, who unlike some, cared for his horse and never overworked her.
  • So she seemed to be doing alright, she seemed a little bit overworked.
  • The overworked doctors learned to stop for a few minutes and nap, heads down on desks or tables.
  • The young, the bold, the lowly paid and overworked, acknowledged him as their spiritual leader.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Teachers are overworked and underpaid.
to work too much or to make someone work too much:  You’ve been overworking – why don’t you take a week off? Have they been overworking you again?
overwork1 verboverwork2 noun
overworkoverwork2 noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • He literally killed himself with overwork.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • In addition to the political prisoners, possibly another million and a half people died from starvation, disease or overwork.
  • Most of the red-faced men are too spent from overwork and alcohol to be a problem.
  • Now we couldn't complain of overwork.
  • Sebastiana: I only suffer from overwork nervos.
  • The choice between overwork and time does not exist at the individual level alone.
  • The fear on colleges of ill consequences from overwork in such circumstances was not avoided.
  • There are clinical-minded people who claim that the youngsters are just hysterical from overwork, but that of course is pure speculation.
  • This is somewhat anti-social though, because if everyone did that the mail server would die of overwork.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Teachers are overworked and underpaid.
too much hard work:  a heart attack brought on by overwork
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