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

  1. ADJ-GRADED （系统、机构等）超负荷运转的，硬撑着的
    If a system or organization is overstretched, 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。
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双语例句

  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。
  3. But with its overstretched infrastructure, restrictive labour laws and notorious bureaucracy, it has struggled to find a role in the global supply chain of manufactured goods, despite its huge young population.
    但由于基础设施不完善、限制严格的劳动法以及臭名昭著的官僚主义，尽管印度年轻人口众多，但该国一直难以在全球制造业供应链上发挥作用。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. In the 1980s and 1990s, overstretched banks regularly found themselves without money to meet withdrawals.
    在二十世纪八、九十年代，过度放贷的银行经常会发现自己没有资金应对储户的取现需求。
  7. Overstretched& the whole sector has reached its limits.
    超负荷&这一领域已经达到了极限。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. Unlocking causes plate to become overstretched.
    解锁会导致板被过度拉伸。
  19. Interest is growing in schemes to control the use of overstretched roads through charging-as already happens with trucks on at least some roads in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
    人们日益倾向于通过收费方式，控制对超负荷公路的使用至少，奥地利、瑞士和德国的一些公路已经开始对卡车收费了。
  20. 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。
  21. In this vision of the future, American saving would rise as overstretched borrowers repaid their debts.
    在这种对未来的设想中，随着透支过度的贷款者偿还其债务，美国的储蓄会增加。
  22. 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。
  23. He overstretched his lines of supply and then divided his forces in the face of the enemy.
    他拖长了自己的补给线并分兵多处应对敌军。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. 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。
  29. 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。
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