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 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。
Overstretched, many went off sick, which made work harder for those who remained.
在高负荷的工作下，许多人请病假，使那些剩下的护士工作将更为繁重。
To rescue overstretched pension systems, for example, western societies are raising the retirement age.
例如，为了拯救负担过重的养老金制度，西方社会正在提高退休年龄。
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。
Overstretched& the whole sector has reached its limits.
超负荷&这一领域已经达到了极限。
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。
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。
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。
Overstretched banks and global insurers are not the only things that are too big too fail.
举债过多的银行和全球保险商并不是唯一大到不能倒的事物。
Much of our focus has been on the challenges of staying mentally healthy in an overstretched and under-funded mental health system.
我们大部分的注意力被集中在了如何在原先就有偏差且先天不足的心理健康系统中努力的保持心理健康。