overburdened

英 [ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdnd]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdnd]

adj.  (系统、机构等)超负荷的，负荷过重的; (人因工作、问题等)负担过重的
v.  使负担过重
overburden的过去分词和过去式

过去式：overburdened　过去分词：overburdened　

BNC.38428 / COCA.25652

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （系统、机构等）负担过重的，不堪重负的
  If a system or organization isoverburdened, it has too many people or things to deal with and so does not function properly.
  1. The city's hospitals are overburdened by casualties.
     大量伤员使该市的医院不堪重负。
  2. ...an overburdened air traffic control system.
     超负荷运转的空中交通管制系统
• ADJ-GRADED （人因工作、问题等）负担过重的，不堪应付的
  If you areoverburdened withsomething such as work or problems, you have more of it than you can cope with.
  1. The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail.
     总督察讨厌在细枝末节上没完没了地纠缠。
  2. ...overburdened teachers.
     不堪应付教学任务的教师

英英释义

adj

• heavily burdened with work or cares
  1. bowed down with troubles
  2. found himself loaded down with responsibilities
  3. overburdened social workers
  4. weighed down with cares
  Synonym:bowed down(p)loaded down(p)weighed down(p)

双语例句

• Weight limits on trucks are frequently flouted, a problem because overburdened vehicles wear down road surfaces more quickly.
  卡车超载现象严重，这也是个问题，因为超载车辆对路面的磨损更快。
• Many developing countries spend just one per cent of their overburdened health budgets on mental health, which is used to fund services, treatment and research.
  许多发展中国家只把它们的负担过重的卫生预算的1%用于精神卫生，这些经费被用于资助服务、治疗和研究。
• One of the reasons we feel so overburdened by debt is that it has steadily taken more borrowing to finance our growth.
  我们感到债务负担如此沉重的原因之一是，为经济增长提供资金所需的贷款在稳步增加。
• In any case, it overburdened the system, causing a cascade of failures.
  无论如何，这一情况加重了供电系统的压力，导致了一连串停电事故的发生。
• She is sometimes portrayed in the media as busy or overburdened and driving a minivan.
  媒体有时候会把这类女性描述为忙碌或不堪重负，并且时常开一辆小型货车。
• The city's hospitals are overburdened by casualties.
  大量伤员使该市的医院不堪重负。
• In a health-care system already overburdened, who pays?
  在一个已经负担过大的健康护理体制下，谁买单？
• She did not want to trouble relatives already overburdened with stress.
  她不想去打扰那些生活已经过度紧张的亲戚们。
• The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail.
  总督察讨厌在细枝末节上没完没了地纠缠。
• Such suspicions remain unproven but meanwhile markets are anxious about what happens if a country is still overburdened with debt by the time the new rules take effect.
  这些猜测尚未得到证实，但与此同时市场在担心：如果到新规则生效之时，一个国家的债务负担仍过重，将会发生什么情况？