overburden

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ver·bur·den /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdn $ ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdn/ verb [transitive]  JOB/TASKto give an organization, person, or system more work or problems than they can deal with 使负担过多；使负荷过重 Health services have been overburdened and are unable to care for many older people. 公共医疗保健服务已经负担过重，无法顾及许多老年人。 a manager overburdened with work 工作量超负荷的经理n Grammar Overburden is usually passive.→ See Verb table

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overburden• Finally, I think the tests will simply overburden an already hard-pressed system, and prove unworkable.• Public health systems are already overburdened by patients with no insurance.• At times, without ill intent, we overburden ourselves.• Resist the temptation to overburden your notes with too much information. 4.

o·ver·bur·den verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

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overburden
o‧ver‧bur‧den /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdn $ ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdn/ verb [transitive usually passive]
to give an organization, person, or system more work or problems than they can deal with:
    Health services have been overburdened and are unable to care for many older people.
    a manager overburdened with work

over·bur·denBrE /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they overburden BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it overburdens BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdnz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdnz/ 🔊past simple overburdened BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdnd/ 🔊past participle overburdened BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdnd/ 🔊 -ing form overburdening BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdnɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (with sth) to give sb/sth more work, worry, etc. than they can deal with 使负担过重