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

• 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 agencies say they are overstretched and underfunded and are appealing for more help from the international community.
  这些机构说，他们已竭尽全力，但是资金不足，他们呼吁国际社会提供更多帮助。
• 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。
• Interest is growing in schemes to control the use of overstretched roads through charging-as already happens with trucks on at least some roads in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
  人们日益倾向于通过收费方式，控制对超负荷公路的使用至少，奥地利、瑞士和德国的一些公路已经开始对卡车收费了。
• 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 increase in the local population has overstretched the capacity of health services and aid agencies, while supply chains have been affected.
  当地人口急剧增长，早已超过卫生服务和援助机构所能承受的范围，而水和燃料这类重要资源也即将告罄。
• Yet while these agreements are proving a boon for overstretched Indian industrial houses and expanding Chinese state-backed banks alike, in other ways the story of the corporate links spanning these two Asian economies is rather less happy.
  然而，尽管这些协议为印度亟需资金的工业企业和中国扩张中的国有控股银行都是一件好事，但在其他方面，这两个亚洲经济体之间企业纽带的故事并不都那么皆大欢喜。
• The study acknowledges that the UN peacekeeping force in Congo is severely overstretched but also criticizes the force.
  这项研究承认联合国在刚果的维和部队的战线拉得过长，而且对维和部队做出了批评。
• Searching for a balance between work demands and personal obligations leaves them overworked, overstressed and overstretched, the study says.
  这项研究称，在工作要求和个人义务之间寻找平衡让他们工作过重、压力过大、疲劳过度。
• But with its overstretched infrastructure, restrictive labour laws and notorious bureaucracy, it has struggled to find a role in the global supply chain of manufactured goods, despite its huge young population.
  但由于基础设施不完善、限制严格的劳动法以及臭名昭著的官僚主义，尽管印度年轻人口众多，但该国一直难以在全球制造业供应链上发挥作用。