overload

1. V-T If you overload something such as a vehicle, you put more things or people into it than it was designed to carry. 使超載

Don't overload the boat or it will sink. 別讓船超載了，否則它會(huì)沉。

2. overloadedADJ 超載的

Some trains were so overloaded that their suspension collapsed. 有些列車超載如此嚴(yán)重，以至於它們的懸架都被壓垮了。

3. V-T To overload someone with work, problems, or information means to give them more work, problems, or information than they can cope with. 使負(fù)擔(dān)過(guò)重

...an effective method that will not overload staff with yet more paperwork. …一個(gè)不會(huì)使員工背負(fù)更多案牘工作的有傚方法。

4. N-UNCOUNT Overload is also a noun. 過(guò)重的負(fù)擔(dān)

57 percent complained of work overload. 57%的人抱怨工作負(fù)擔(dān)過(guò)重。

5. overloadedADJ 負(fù)擔(dān)過(guò)重的

The bar waiter was already overloaded with orders. 這名酒吧侍者已經(jīng)不堪應(yīng)付過(guò)多的點(diǎn)單了。

6. V-T If you overload an electrical system, you cause too much electricity to flow through it, and so damage it. 使 (電氣系統(tǒng)) 負(fù)荷過(guò)重

Never overload an electrical outlet. 絕不要超負(fù)荷使用一個(gè)電源插座。