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

• Diminishing returns may eventually set in as overworked employees lose efficiency or leave for more arable pastures.
  逐渐缩小的利润最终开始，当过度工作的员工失去效率或是离开去了更好的地方。
• I was overworked and began to dislike my job.
  我工作过量，而变得讨厌工作。
• You complain about being overworked or underpaid.
  抱怨工作量过大或薪水太低。
• 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。
• 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。
• If their overworked parents were given more free time instead, everyone would be happier.
  如果他们过度劳累的父母有更多的空闲时间，而是每个人都快乐。
• 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。
• Look how overworked this guy is.
  看看这家伙有多忙。
• This is more than a mere annoyance to overworked parents. It affects the broader health of society.
  这对过度操劳的家长们不单单是个烦恼，它还会影响到社会的健康发展。