[VERB 动词]使负担过重;使超负荷工作;过度使用 If you overtax someone or something, you force them to work harder than they can really manage, and may do them harm as a result.
[V n]
...a contralto who has overtaxed her voice.
用嗓过度的女低音
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[VERB 动词]对…征税过重 If you say that a government is overtaxing its people, you mean that it is making them pay more tax than you think they should pay.
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You can't help Britain by overtaxing its people.
向国民过重课税对英国于事无补。
Oxford
over·tax/ˌəʊvəˈtæks; NAmEˌoʊvərˈtæks/verb1overtaxsb/sth/yourself to do more than you are able or want to do; to make sb/sth do more than they are able or want to do 使用过度;(使)超负荷工作◆to overtax your strength过度使用体力◆Take it easy. Don't overtax yourself.轻松一点,别让自己劳累过度。2overtaxsb/sth to make a person or an organization pay too much tax (对人或机构)课税过重,多收税款overtaxovertaxesovertaxedovertaxingover·tax/ˌəʊvəˈtæks; NAmEˌoʊvərˈtæks/
1to make someone do more than they are really able to do, so that they become very tiredovertax yourself Be careful you don’t overtax yourself.2to make people pay too much tax