Overstrain
[,әuvә'strein]
解释:
(noun.) too much strain.
(verb.) strain excessively; 'He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment'.
欧内斯廷编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To strain one's self to excess.
(v. t.) To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.
手打:诺娜
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Exaggerate, overcharge.
整理:奥蒂斯
解释:
v.t. and v.i. to strain or stretch too far.—n. too great strain.—adj. Overstrained′ strained to excess: exaggerated.
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例句:
- I must see she does not overstrain herself. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- He said every nerve had been overstrained in some way, and the whole system must sleep torpid a while. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- You will not press these overstrained opinions of yours, so far, as to throw any obstacle in my way? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The shock to my already overstrained nervous system was terrible in the extreme, and with a superhuman effort I strove to break my awful bonds. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- By the second and third centuries A.D. the overtaxed and overstrained imperial machine was already staggering towards its downfall. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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