overstretched
英 [ˌəʊvəˈstretʃt]
美 [ˌoʊvərˈstretʃt]
adj. (系统、机构等)超负荷运转的,硬撑着的
v. (使)勉强维持,硬撑着,超负荷运转
overstretch的过去分词和过去式
过去式:overstretched 过去分词:overstretched
BNC.36475 / COCA.40887
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (系统、机构等)超负荷运转的,硬撑着的
If a system or organization isoverstretched, it is being forced to work more than it is supposed to.- The crime rate is rising rapidly at present and the police force is overstretched...
当前的犯罪率急剧上升,警力不堪重负。 - Analysts fear the overstretched air traffic control system could reach breaking point.
分析人士担心超负荷运转的空中交通管制系统会面临崩溃。
- The crime rate is rising rapidly at present and the police force is overstretched...
双语例句
- To rescue overstretched pension systems, for example, western societies are raising the retirement age.
例如,为了拯救负担过重的养老金制度,西方社会正在提高退休年龄。 - He overstretched his lines of supply and then divided his forces in the face of the enemy.
他拖长了自己的补给线并分兵多处应对敌军。 - Yet while these agreements are proving a boon for overstretched Indian industrial houses and expanding Chinese state-backed banks alike, in other ways the story of the corporate links spanning these two Asian economies is rather less happy.
然而,尽管这些协议为印度亟需资金的工业企业和中国扩张中的国有控股银行都是一件好事,但在其他方面,这两个亚洲经济体之间企业纽带的故事并不都那么皆大欢喜。 - Many fear that China's overstretched property market will collapse, leaving insupportable debts in its wake.
很多人害怕中国过热的房产市场崩盘,留下一堆无法支撑的债务。 - In this vision of the future, American saving would rise as overstretched borrowers repaid their debts.
在这种对未来的设想中,随着透支过度的贷款者偿还其债务,美国的储蓄会增加。 - Interest is growing in schemes to control the use of overstretched roads through charging-as already happens with trucks on at least some roads in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
人们日益倾向于通过收费方式,控制对超负荷公路的使用至少,奥地利、瑞士和德国的一些公路已经开始对卡车收费了。 - Much of our focus has been on the challenges of staying mentally healthy in an overstretched and under-funded mental health system.
我们大部分的注意力被集中在了如何在原先就有偏差且先天不足的心理健康系统中努力的保持心理健康。 - Analysts fear the overstretched air traffic control system could reach breaking point.
分析人士担心超负荷运转的空中交通管制系统会面临崩溃。 - The crime rate is rising rapidly at present and the police force is overstretched
当前的犯罪率急剧上升,警力不堪重负。 - Searching for a balance between work demands and personal obligations leaves them overworked, overstressed and overstretched, the study says.
这项研究称,在工作要求和个人义务之间寻找平衡让他们工作过重、压力过大、疲劳过度。