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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

overwork [əuvə'wəːk]
  1. 1. noun [u] 过分劳累
  2. 2. vt. [+person] 使工作过度
  3. 3. vi. 工作过度

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

overwork [.ovɚ'wɝk] ['əuvə'wəːk]
  1. 1. vt. 使劳累过分;使工作过度 把…做得过头;把…说得过火
    to overwork a horse
    使马工作过度
    to overwork an excuse
    把借口说得太过分
  2. 2. vt. 装饰满;点缀遍
  3. 3. vt. 使…刺激过分
  4. 4. vi. 工作过度劳累过分;做得过分;说得过火
  5. 5. noun 过度工作过分工作繁重工作
  6. 6. noun 额外工作规定时间外的工作

Collins English-English Dictionary

overwork
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] [also intr] to work or cause to work too hard or too long
  2. 2. vb to use too much
    to overwork an excuse
  3. 3. vb to decorate the surface of
  4. 4. vb to work up
  5. 5. n excessive or excessively tiring work

Examples

to overwork an excuse
把借口说得太过分
to overwork an excuse
忧劳成疾
fall ill from care and overwork
积劳成疾
fall ill from constant overwork
妈妈由于长年的操劳,积劳成疾,患上了类风湿。
Due to years of toil, my mother broke down from constant overwork and suffered from rheumatism.
积劳成疾
collapse from overwork

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