overstretch

verb

1. （使）勉强维持，硬撑着，超负荷运转
   to do more than you are capable of; to make sb/sth do more than they are capable of
   1. This will overstretch the prison service's resources.
      这将使监狱的资源不堪负荷。
   2. Credit cards can tempt you to overstretch yourself (= spend more money than you can afford) .
      信用卡能诱使你超额消费。

1. V-ERG （使）超出承受能力；（使）超负荷运行
   If you overstretch something or someone or if they overstretch, you force them to do something they are not really capable of, and they may be harmed as a result.
   1. Dr Boutros Ghali said the operation would overstretch resources...
      布特罗斯·加利博士说这一行动没有足够的资源支持。
   2. Do what you know you can do well and don't overstretch yourself...
      做你拿手的事情，不要勉为其难。
   3. Never force your legs to overstretch, or you can cause injuries.
      千万不要迫使双腿过度拉伸，否则会受伤的。

1. Dr Boutros Ghali said the operation would overstretch resources
   布特罗斯·加利博士说这一行动没有足够的资源支持。
2. Do what you know you can do well and don't overstretch yourself
   做你拿手的事情，不要勉为其难。
3. Never force your legs to overstretch, or you can cause injuries.
   千万不要迫使双腿过度拉伸，否则会受伤的。
4. That increases the probability that systemically important institutions overstretch themselves such that governments will be required to perform on their guarantee.
   这加大了它们过度扩张、以致政府不得不兑现担保的可能性。
5. Where the Kennedy thesis appeared wide of the mark was in suggesting the US was seriously at risk of imperial overstretch, as with Spain in 1600 or Britain in 1900.
   肯尼迪命题中的离谱之处在于，他提出美国存在帝国过度扩张的严重危险，就如1600年的西班牙或1900年的英国。
6. Do not overstretch the holding clip.
   不要过度拉伸支承夹。
7. Arguably, by taking a minority stake in Suzuki, without the demands of actual integration, it should not overstretch itself.
   如果只是购入铃木少数股权，不要求进行实际整合，那么可以说，大众应该不会负担太重。
8. He tends to overstretch himself in his efforts to succeed.
   他为了成功往往不自量力。
9. The government's plan to deal with what the report calls "the legacy of overstretch" is to do less and make hopeful assumptions.
   政府处理报告中说声称“军力不堪承受”的计划不过是不作为和做一些美好的假设。
10. As for the setback with the cross country franchise, Sir Richard says virgin lost out because it "chose not to overbid", and stuck to its philosophy not to overstretch companies in the group.
    至于在crosscountry特许经营权方面的挫折，李察爵士表示，维珍出局是因为该公司“选择不过高报价”，符合其不过分扩张集团下属公司的哲学。
11. So, I ask again, does that mean that he was wrong when he accused the US of imperial overstretch?
    于是，我又问，这是否意味着，他谴责美国帝国过分扩张是错的呢？
12. The more obvious case of overstretch in the 1980s was in fact the Soviet Union, which collapsed, while the US succeeded soon after in restoring its budgetary position under the Clinton presidency without a full-scale retreat from its international commitments.
    在上世纪80年代，苏联才是过度扩张的更明显案例，后来它解体了，而美国在克林顿入主白宫后，很快恢复了正常的预算状况，而且没有从自己的国际承诺全线退缩。
13. Credit cards can tempt you to overstretch yourself.
    信用卡能诱使你超额消费。
14. The question now is whether the overstretch thesis was wrong or simply premature.
    目前问题是，过度扩张说是错误命题还是只是言之过早。

verb

1. strain abnormally
   1. I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up
   2. The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition

   Synonym:    pull