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 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。