overwork
v
1 [I, Tn] (cause a person or an animal to) work too hard or too long (使人或動物)工作過勞或時間過長
You'll become ill if you continue to overwork. 你這樣勞累下去就要病了.
overwork a horse 使馬疲勞過度.
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
use (a word, etc) too much (and so weaken its importance or effectiveness) 濫用(詞等)(因而削弱詞義的力量)
an overworked phrase, metaphor, expression, etc 因使用頻繁而失去原有力量的短語、 比喻、 固定詞組等
`Situation' is a word that is greatly overworked. `情況'一詞因使用過多而失去了準確性.
overwork n [U]
working too hard or too long 工作過勞或時間過長
ill through overwork 積勞成疾
stress caused by overwork 工作過累造成的緊張.