overstretched

英 [ˌəʊvəˈstretʃt]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈstretʃt]

adj.  (系统、机构等)超负荷运转的，硬撑着的
v.  (使)勉强维持，硬撑着，超负荷运转
overstretch的过去分词和过去式

过去式：overstretched　过去分词：overstretched　

BNC.36475 / COCA.40887

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （系统、机构等）超负荷运转的，硬撑着的
  If a system or organization isoverstretched, it is being forced to work more than it is supposed to.
  1. The crime rate is rising rapidly at present and the police force is overstretched...
     当前的犯罪率急剧上升，警力不堪重负。
  2. Analysts fear the overstretched air traffic control system could reach breaking point.
     分析人士担心超负荷运转的空中交通管制系统会面临崩溃。

双语例句

• Analysts fear the overstretched air traffic control system could reach breaking point.
  分析人士担心超负荷运转的空中交通管制系统会面临崩溃。
• The crime rate is rising rapidly at present and the police force is overstretched
  当前的犯罪率急剧上升，警力不堪重负。
• Perhaps the market moves were simply a pull-back from overstretched levels.
  也许市场走势只反映了超买之后的回调。
• Write-off ratios for credit card and cash card loans are at worryingly high levels as some of the overstretched borrowers who were allowed to renegotiate their debt last year are again defaulting.
  一些债务负担过于沉重的借款人去年曾获准与银行重新商谈债务安排，但随着他们再次无力偿还贷款，信用卡和现金卡贷款的销账率正处于令人担心的高位。
• Many fear that China's overstretched property market will collapse, leaving insupportable debts in its wake.
  很多人害怕中国过热的房产市场崩盘，留下一堆无法支撑的债务。
• Rising debt costs could force many overstretched homeowners to default and their lenders to foreclose.
  升高的债务成本迫使许多贷款期限过长者放弃履约，借贷者从而收回这些房屋。
• The Asian crisis of a decade ago, when capital fled increasingly overstretched economies, now appears more a hiccup than a serious break in the long run of regional achievement.
  10年前，亚洲发生了金融危机，资本逃离趋于过度扩张的各个经济体。现在看来，这场危机更多是一个暂时挫折，而非亚洲长远经济发展的严重中断。
• The overstretched knee ligaments and tendons are also usually accompanied by changes in adjacent muscle groups, including the soleus muscle, which is deep in the calf.
  过度伸展的膝关节韧带和肌腱通常也伴随着相邻肌群的变化，比如小腿深层的比目鱼肌。
• It will be a major challenge to introduce mechanisms that do not over-burden already overstretched health systems.
  引入一些机制而不让已经负担过度卫生系统超负荷，这是一个重大的挑战。
• The news comes as some economists question the efficacy of these measures in putting the country on a sustainable growth path that relies less on overstretched western demand for cheap Chinese exports.
  这一消息公布之际，适逢一些经济学家对这些措施的效力提出了质疑，怀疑它们能否推动中国进入可持续增长的轨道，减轻依赖西方对廉价中国出口的过度需求。