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Overwork Work Brought ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrk Overworking Verb Hard

This flashcard defines "overwork" as both a verb (to work or cause to work too much) and a noun (the state of working too hard).

The flashcard defines overwork as working too much or causing someone/something to work too much, and also as a noun meaning the state of excessive labor.

word overwork
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Collins
overwork ★☆☆☆☆
/o͟ʊvə(r)wɜ͟ː(r)k/
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)工作过度;(使)过分劳累 If you overwork or if someone overworks you, you work too hard, and are likely to become very tired or ill.
  [V]
  [V n]
  • He's overworking and has got a lot on his mind...

    他工作太累,而且非常操心。

  • He overworks and underpays the poor clerk whom he employs.

    他让那个可怜的职员超负荷工作,却只支付极低的薪水。

  • Overwork is also a noun.
    • He died of a heart attack brought on by overwork.

      他死于劳累过度引起的心脏病发作。

overworked
  • ...an overworked doctor.

    过度疲劳的医生


Oxford over·work / ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrk /
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noun
overwork overworks overworked overworking
verb [intransitive ,  transitive ] to work too hard; to make a person or an animal work too hard (使)过度劳累,过分努力 You look tired. Have you been overworking? 你似乎很疲倦,是不是近来劳累过度了? overworksb/sth She overworks her staff. 她让员工过度劳累。 noun [uncountable ] the fact of working too hard 劳累过度;过分辛苦 His illness was brought on by money worries and overwork. 他的病是因操心钱和劳累过度而造成的。 over·work / ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrk /
LDC
overwork1 verb
overwork2 noun
overworko‧ver‧work1 /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk $ ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrk/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
Verb Table
Examples
Collocations
to work too much or to make someone work too much:  You’ve been overworking – why don’t you take a week off? Have they been overworking you again?
overwork1 verb
overwork2 noun
overworkoverwork2 noun [uncountable]
Examples
Collocations
too much hard work:  a heart attack brought on by overwork
WDF

overwork

[ˌəʊvəˈwɜ:k]overworked, overworking, overworks

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n34283
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VERB26541
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NOUN40012
1983

Spoken:

108631329
overworked[971]
工作过度(52%),过度工作(40%),过度操劳(8%)
vi.工作过度
vt.工作过度
n.过度工作
过度工作的

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