overwork
overwork 英 [ˌəʊvəˈwɜ:k] 美 [ˌoʊvərˈwɜrk]
vi. 工作过度 vt. 工作过度 n. 过度工作
进行时:overworking 过去式:overworked 过去分词:overworked 第三人称单数:overworks 名词复数:overworks
- To overwork someone is to force them to work much too hard. Before working hours were regulated in the 1930s, it was more common for bosses to overwork their employees.
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- vi. 工作过度
- vt. 工作过度
- n. 过度工作
- phrase. 过度工作的
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1. Idleness spawns discontent, whereas overwork leads to mental and physical exhaustion.
懒惰滋生不满，而过度工作导致精神和身体的疲劳。
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2. There is an active Society which brings to book a good many parents who starve and torture and overwork their children, and intimidates a good many more.
一个很积极的社会记录了许多父母是怎样让自己的孩子忍饥挨饿，折磨他们，让他们过度工作，对他们愈加 恐吓的。
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3. Experts are divided but anecdotal evidence suggests that reading long lists in newspapers can help reduce stress and the risk of "Karoshi" - the Japanese term for death by overwork.
专家虽有分歧但是有趣的证据暗示 阅读报纸上的长长的列表能够帮助减少压力与"过劳死"的危险(- 日本对工作过度致死的一种叫法)。
- overwork (n.) "work beyond a person's strength," 1819; see overwork (v.). Old English oferweorc meant "a superstructure, sarcophagus, tomb."
- overwork (v.) "to cause to work too hard," 1520s, from over- + work (v.). Old English oferwyrcan meant "to work all over," i.e. "to decorate the whole surface of." Related: Overworked; overworking.
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