overburden
美音:
[´əuvə´bə:dən
]英音:
[´əuvə´bə:dən
]vt.装载过多,负担过多,使过劳 n.过重的负担
难易程度:
overburden为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:overburdened 过去分词:overburdened 现在分词:overburdening 第三人称单数:overburdens
词根
over-=above,across,beyond 从“覆盖”、“超越”、“胜过”引申为“过度”、“太过”之意
overburden
/,əʊvə'bɜ:dn; `ovɚ`bɝdn/
v [usu passive 通常用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (with sth) load sb with too much weight, work, worry, etc 使某人负担过重
*overburdened with committee meetings 因委员会会议繁多而不胜重负
* overburdened with guilt, remorse, debt 罪过深重、追悔无及、负债累累.
overburden
v [T usually passive]
to give an organization, person, or system more work or problems than they can deal with
Health services have been overburdened and are unable to care for many older people.
a manager overburdened with work