| 单词 | overwork |
| 释义 | overwork (once / 1937 pages) 1vn 2v To overwork someone is to force them to work much too hard. Before working hours were regulated in the 1930s, it was more common for bosses to overwork their employees. If your family owns a farm, you may feel that your parents overwork you all summer until you go back to school in the fall — but there are much more serious cases of employers who overwork their laborers in countries where things like work hours and minimum wage aren't mandated by law. You can use overwork as a noun, too, to mean working too hard or too long: "Overwork made her cranky and tired all the time." WORD FAMILYoverwork: overworked, overworking, overworks+/co-worker: co-workers/nonworker: nonworkers/rework: reworked, reworking, reworks/unworkable: unworkably/work: overwork, rework, workable, worked, worker, working, works/workable: unworkable, workably/worker: co-worker, nonworker, workers/working: workings/works: workss USAGE EXAMPLESAmericans seem to be obsessed with overworking ourselves in an effort to gain social esteem. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) The suicide was ruled by officials as “karoshi,” a Japanese term for “death from overwork.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “We deeply regret failing to prevent the overwork of our new recruit. I offer my sincere apologies,” he said. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v work excessively hard Syn|Hypo|Hyper exploit overdrive drive or work too hard put to work, work cause to work 2n the act of working too much or too long 2he became ill from overwork Syn|Hyper overworking labor, labour, toil productive work (especially physical work done for wages) v use too much This play has been overworked Hyper process, work, work on shape, form, or improve a material |
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