overtax

英 [ˌəʊvəˈtæks]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈtæks]

v.  使用过度; (使)超负荷工作; (对人或机构)课税过重，多收税款

过去分词：overtaxed　现在分词：overtaxing　第三人称单数：overtaxes　过去式：overtaxed　

TOEFL经济

BNC.36409 / COCA.25504

牛津词典

verb

• 使用过度；（使）超负荷工作
  to do more than you are able or want to do; to make sb/sth do more than they are able or want to do
  1. to overtax your strength
     体力透支
  2. Take it easy. Don't overtax yourself.
     轻松一点，别让自己劳累过度。
• （对人或机构）课税过重，多收税款
  to make a person or an organization pay too much tax

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使负担过重；使超负荷工作；过度使用
  If youovertaxsomeone or something, you force them to work harder than they can really manage, and may do them harm as a result.
  1. ...a contralto who has overtaxed her voice.
     用嗓过度的女低音
• VERB 对…征税过重
  If you say that a governmentis overtaxingits people, you mean that it is making them pay more tax than you think they should pay.
  1. You can't help Britain by overtaxing its people.
     向国民过重课税对英国于事无补。

英英释义

verb

• tax excessively
  1. Don't overtax my constituents!

双语例句

• You can't help Britain by overtaxing its people.
  向国民过重课税对英国于事无补。
• Based on systematically review of past dynasties and tutor's many years clinical experience, the theory that the stagnation of the circulation of liver's vital energy and overtax one's nerves is the main pathogenesis of the depression was put forward.
  本文在总结导师多年治疗抑郁症的临床经验的基础上，参阅古今文献，认为肝郁伤神是抑郁症的主要病机之一，提出用疏肝理气、解郁安神法治疗抑郁症。
• I think it's wrong to overtax people on low incomes.
  我以为向低收入的人征收过多的税是错误的。
• You're in poor health, so don't overtax yourself.
  你现在身体不好，别太劳神。
• He said the event should not overtax the police department because it is on a Sunday, when there is less street traffic.
  他说，由于比赛时间是在星期天，街道上车辆较少，因此不会给警方造成过大负担。
• Rest is what you need so that you do not overtax yourselves, and adequate sleep is most essential.
  休息是你需要什么，这样你就不会自己负担过重，和充足的睡眠是最重要的。
• Relax, don't overtax yourself.
  放松一下，别劳累过度。我想你大概是劳累过度。
• I was afraid that he would overtax himself.
  我担心他会把自己搞得精疲力竭。
• Remember you've beenill, and don't overtax yourself.
  记住你生了病，所以不要劳累过度。
• Take it easy. don't overtax yourself.
  轻松一点，别让自己劳累过度。