overworked

英 [ˌəʊvəˈwɜːkt]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrkt]

adj.  工作过多的; 劳累过度的; 用得过滥的; 滥而无效的
v.  (使)过度劳累，过分努力
overwork的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：overworked　过去式：overworked　

BNC.18618 / COCA.14862

牛津词典

adj.

• 工作过多的；劳累过度的
  made to work too hard or too much
  1. overworked nurses
     劳累过度的护士
• 用得过滥的；滥而无效的
  used too often so that the meaning or effect has become weaker

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （词语、表达方式、主意等）用得过滥的，陈词滥调的
  If you describe a word, expression, or idea asoverworked, you mean it has been used so often that it no longer has much effect or meaning.
  1. 'Ecological' has become one of the most overworked adjectives among manufacturers of garden supplies.
     “生态的”这个词已经成为园艺产品生产商用得最滥的形容词之一。
  2. ...an overworked simile.
     程式化的微笑

双语例句

• I felt like the soil on some desperate sharecropper's farm, sorely overworked and needing a fallow season.
  我就像某个绝望的佃农所耕种的土壤，负担过重，亟需休耕。
• I have overworked this weekend because of the hard project.
  为了那个棘手的项目，这个周末我一直都在加班。
• Feeling old, overworked and underappreciated, Shrek is clearly having a midlife crisis.
  我们的史莱克明显陷入了中年危机：总觉得自己老了，过度劳累而且不受赏识。
• They are overprotective, sometimes rigid and, often, overworked and exhausted.
  他们保护性很强，甚至有点刻板，一般都会过度劳累，把自己搞得精疲力竭。
• They were not notably overworked.
  他们的过度劳苦的情形并不显著。
• She overworked herself and fell ill.
  她操劳过度，病倒了。
• He was tired, overworked.
  他累了，过度劳累了。
• I was overworked and began to dislike my job.
  我工作过量，而变得讨厌工作。
• She's overworked that particular excuse.
  那个借口她用的次数太多了。
• The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.
  工作压身、精力上捉襟见肘的家长可能会被视作对孩子缺乏关爱，但他们也许只是太疲惫了。