Word · Frequency #20075
overburdens
使负担过重；使超载；使过劳
overburdens is the third person singular of overburden.
核心释义
to give someone or something too much work, responsibility, or weight; to overload or overtax.
- 1.
使负担过重；使过度负重。
To overload or overtax.
使负担过重；使过度负重。；装载过多；负担过多；使过劳；[经] 过重的货物；重担
用法In use
The manager overburdened his team with unrealistic deadlines.
用法提示：此句中'overburdened'是及物动词的过去式，表示给某人过多工作或责任。
Overburdening the small truck with heavy equipment caused it to break down.
用法提示：此句中'overburdening'是及物动词的现在分词，表示装载过多重量。
You should not overburden yourself with too many tasks at once.
用法提示：此句中'overburden'是及物动词原形，表示使负担过重。
overburden sb/sth
overburden 是及物动词，后面直接接承受负担的人或事物。
The extra work will overburden our small team.
额外的工作会使我们的小团队负担过重。
overburden sb/sth with sth
用 with 引出造成过重负担的具体事物。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- overburden the system
- 使系统超负荷
- Adding too many users will overburden the system.增加太多用户会使系统超负荷。
- overburdened with work
- 工作负担过重
- The staff were overburdened with work after the merger.合并后员工们的工作负担过重。
- overburden the economy
- 使经济不堪重负
- Excessive taxes can overburden the economy.过高的税收会使经济不堪重负。
- overburdened health system
- 不堪重负的医疗系统
- The overburdened health system struggled to cope with the outbreak.不堪重负的医疗系统难以应对疫情。
- overburden yourself
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想“over（过分）+ burden（负担）”：往驴背上不停加货，负担过头了，压得它迈不动步。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reports、policy and academic discussions overburden 是比较正式的说法，多用于书面语或新闻、政策、学术等场合；口语中更常说 overload。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常用于被动语态，如 be overburdened with
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
burden 和 unburden 与 overburden 的 -burden 部分押韵；garden、sudden、wooden、hidden 拼写都以 -den 结尾，但发音分别含 /ɑː/、/ʌ/、/ʊ/、/ɪ/，并不押韵。
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