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

• Look how overworked this guy is.
  看看这家伙有多忙。
• He worried ( overworked) himself into consumption. One's health suffers from overwork.
  他忧虑（劳累）过度而患肺过度劳累有损身体健康。
• This laziness may be because one is overworked or over-indulged, or has played games too hard.
  这种无精打采可能是因为超时工作或过度放纵，或者游戏玩过了头。
• Jeff: Are you "overworked, underpaid and dissatisfied"? He is weighed with responsibilities beyond his capacity.
  杰夫：你对超负荷工作，待遇低很不满意，是吗？他担负着超负荷的责任。
• They were not notably overworked.
  他们的过度劳苦的情形并不显著。
• I was overworked and began to dislike my job.
  我工作过量，而变得讨厌工作。
• 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。
• Can a tired overworked voice command attention in class?
  一个疲惫、过劳的声音能吸引全班的注意力吗？
• I must have overworked myself.
  我一定是过于劳累了。
• 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。