overworked

Word family  noun work workaholic worker working workings adjective workable ≠ unworkable overworked working verb work rework

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ver·worked /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːkt◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrkt◂/ adjective  1  WORK HARDmade to work too hard 操劳过度的 an overworked doctor 劳累过度的医生 They’re overworked and understaffed. 他们工作繁重，人手短缺。2  TOO/TOO MUCHa word or phrase that is overworked is used too much and has become less effective 〔词语〕使用过度的，陈词滥调的 overworked metaphors 用滥了的隐喻

Examples from the Corpus

overworked• I'd been six months without any holiday, and I was tired and overworked.• It can be a different matter where staff are overworked and underpaid and still expected to smile constantly.• Teachers often complain that they are overworked and underpaid.• They are cheerful, competent, overworked and understaffed.• Our empty shipyards can not refurbish our cruise liners to the same time-scale as overworked but competitive foreign yards.• The cuckoo's cavernous red gape may be irresistible to the overworked foster parents.• The accident unit was manned by overworked junior medical staff.• But overworked officers at Dover had managed to inspect only 2,000 of the 2 million lorries which passed through Dover last year.• He immersed himself in parish work and made himself indispensable to the overworked parish priest.• overworked teachers

o·ver·worked adjectiveChineseSyllable  

to made hard Corpus work too

overworked
o‧ver‧worked /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːkt◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrkt◂/ adjective1. made to work too hard:
    an overworked doctor
    They’re overworked and understaffed.
2. a word or phrase that is overworked is used too much and has become less effective:
    overworked metaphors

over·workedBrE /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːkt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrkt/ 🔊 adjectivemade to work too hard or too much 工作过多的；劳累过度的◆overworked nurses劳累过度的护士(of words or phrases 词语) used too often so that the meaning or effect has become weaker 用得过滥的；滥而无效的