overdrive

noun

1. （汽车的）超速挡
   an extra high gear in a vehicle, that you use when you are driving at high speeds
   1. to be in overdrive
      超速驾驶

1. N-COUNT （汽车的）超速挡，超速变速器
   The overdrive in a vehicle is a very high gear that is used when you are driving at high speeds.
   1. The overdrive switch was on the steering column.
      超速挡的开关在转向杆上。
2. PHRASE 加倍努力（或紧张）
   If you go into overdrive, you begin to work very hard or perform a particular activity in a very intense way.
   1. In the courtroom everybody went into overdrive, assuming that there might well be a verdict soon.
      法庭里，人人都加倍紧张地行动起来，认为马上就要作出裁定了。

1. The overdrive switch was on the steering column.
   超速挡的开关在转向杆上。
2. In the courtroom everybody went into overdrive, assuming that there might well be a verdict soon.
   法庭里，人人都加倍紧张地行动起来，认为马上就要作出裁定了。
3. When young men get behind the wheel the testosterone goes into overdrive.
   年轻的男性一旦手握方向盘，雄性激素就会让他们超速驾驶。
4. The company is working with overdrive, a leading supplier of e-books and other digital content to libraries.
   该公司与向图书馆提供电子书和其它数字内容的领先供应商overdrive公司合作。
5. Now's the time to put your relaxation skills into overdrive.
   这个时候就该你的放松技巧上场了。
6. This arrangement nudged Penguin to end its deal with OverDrive earlier this year.
   这一约定迫使企鹅出版社在今年早些时候终止了它和OverDrive的合约。
7. The publisher's new pilot involves 3M, a rival distributor that does not yet support the Kindle.
   这家出版商的新合作者包括3M公司，OverDrive的竞争对手之一，一家尚未支持Kindle的经销商。
8. Direct and overdrive clutch hub
   直接及超速传动离合器毂
9. And put whatever is killing me back into overdrive.
   然后让那些病源体更快要了我的命。
10. This is because the transmission may be shifting back and forth between the overdrive and the second highest gear.
    这是由于传输可能转移间来回地超载，第二个最高的齿轮。
11. It is not recommended to switch on overdrive when traveling in a mountainous area.
    建议不要超速开关旅行时进入山区。
12. Your imagination could be in overdrive today, and if you're a writer, this will be a spectacular day to create fabulous prose.
    你今天的想象力会是超速运转的。如果你是个作家，这将会是一个充满灵感的一天，它能让你创造出异常美妙的文章。
13. Your ability to express your creative ideas will go into overdrive!
    你表达创意想法的能力将发挥到极致！
14. As the visual image is captured by the eyes and the mind starts to go in overdrive, if you can observe very acutely the activity of your mind, then at that instant, you and your reaction merge.
    当视觉图像被眼睛捕获，心开始快速地转动时，如果你能非常敏锐地观察你内心的活动，那么在那个瞬间，你和你的反应就融合了。
15. Overdrive improves the fuel consumption of the vehicle and reduces engine wear.
    超载提高车辆的燃料消耗，降低发动机的磨损。
16. And if haste is the accelerator pedal, multitasking is overdrive.
    如果匆忙是加速器的踏板，一心多用就是超速档。
17. Overdrive is the highest gear for an automatic transmission.
    超速行驶是什么？超速行驶是最高的齿轮自动传输。
18. The main drivers of Chinese growth in the past decade have been exports and the real estate market, particularly since 2003 when the economy went into overdrive.
    过去10年，中国经济增长的主要动力来自于出口和房地产市场，特别是自2003年经济进入超速增长阶段以来。
19. The nature of the recovery makes it hard to go into overdrive.
    本次复苏的性质使得市场很难有大的起色。
20. Some cars have an extra gear called overdrive which allows them to travel long distances using less gasoline.
    有些汽车还有超速传动齿轮，可使汽车长途行驶时节省用油。
21. China's space program shifted into overdrive following the country's first manned space mission in2003.
    自从中国2003进行第一次载人航天飞行以来，中国的空间计划正在超高速的发展着。
22. Place the gear select lever in the overdrive ( od) position.
    放置档选择杆在超速驱动（OD）位置。
23. I've already kicked the promotion into overdrive.
    我已经使出浑身解数来促销了。
24. The ink on the DaimlerChrysler obituary is barely dry and the M& A critics are in overdrive.
    戴姆勒-克莱斯勒“讣告”上的墨迹还没有干透，并购业批评人士就开始过度活跃起来了。
25. For certain car makes and models, you will have to manually turn this overdrive feature on or off.
    对于某些汽车使模型，你将不得不手动把这个超速行驶特征的开或关。
26. The researchers suggest that GM-CSF boosted during the immune system overdrive of rheumatoid arthritis helps harness the beneficial properties of inflammation in the brain.
    研究人员表明当风湿性关节炎中免疫系统过度反应时，GM-CSF的产生可以帮助利用脑中炎症发生时有益的物质。
27. Research of TFT-LCD Overdrive Technique and Its Implementation on FPGA
    TFT-LCD过驱动技术的研究及其FPGA实现
28. But when the market went international in the 1970s, the agencies went into overdrive.
    然而当市场在上世纪70年代走入国际化时，评级机构进入了高速发展期。
29. Use cruise control and overdrive gear.
    使用定速控制和超速档。

n.

go into overdrive

• 加劲；加倍努力；拼命工作
  to start being very active and working very hard
  1. As the wedding approached, the whole family went into overdrive.
     随着婚礼将近，全家人都忙得不亦乐乎。

noun

1. a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power

2. the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
   1. Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given
   2. Melissa's brain was in overdrive

verb

1. make use of too often or too extensively

   Synonym:    overuse

2. drive or work too hard
   1. The teacher is overworking his students
   2. Overdriving people often suffer stress