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

• 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。
• Unlocking causes plate to become overstretched.
  解锁会导致板被过度拉伸。
• 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。
• 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。
• The households and governments of the big deficit countries, such as the US and UK, are overstretched.
  在美英等赤字庞大的国家，家庭和政府都已透支过度。
• In the age-old battle between creditors and debtors, weak sovereign borrowers and overstretched banks more often than not triumph over financially strong creditors.
  在债权人与债务人之间由来已久的战争中，弱小主权借款国和扩张过度的银行往往会战胜金融实力强大的债权人。
• Fiscal positions in the west were often overstretched when the global financial crisis erupted.
  全球金融危机爆发后，西方的财政状况常常过度紧张。
• 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。
• 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。