overwork

verb

1. （使）过度劳累，过分努力
   to work too hard; to make a person or an animal work too hard
   1. You look tired. Have you been overworking?
      你似乎很疲倦，是不是近来劳累过度了？
   2. She overworks her staff.
      她让员工过度劳累。

noun

1. 劳累过度；过分辛苦
   the fact of working too hard
   1. His illness was brought on by money worries and overwork.
      他的病是因操心钱和劳累过度而造成的。

1. V-ERG （使）工作过度；（使）过分劳累
   If you overwork or if someone overworks you, you work too hard, and are likely to become very tired or ill.
   1. He's overworking and has got a lot on his mind...
      他工作太累，而且非常操心。
   2. He overworks and underpays the poor clerk whom he employs.
      他让那个可怜的职员超负荷工作，却只支付极低的薪水。
   3. Overwork is also a noun.
      
   4. He died of a heart attack brought on by overwork.
      他死于劳累过度引起的心脏病发作。

1. He died of a heart attack brought on by overwork.
   他死于过劳引起的心脏病发作。
2. He's overworking and has got a lot on his mind
   他工作太累，而且非常操心。
3. He has brought on an illness by overwork.
   过度工作已损害了他的健康。
4. He became even thinner from overwork.
   过度紧张的工作使得他更加消瘦了。
5. Poor Tom cracked up under the strain of overwork.
   可怜的汤姆劳累过度，身体垮了。
6. What with overwork and under-nourishment he fell ill.
   由于过劳，加上营养不足，他病倒了。
7. Perhaps you suffer from overwork.
   或许你是工作过度了。
8. Overwork does harm to health.
   工作过度对健康有害。
9. Tom's health broke down from overwork on the cotton plantation.
   汤姆的身体因在棉花种植园里劳累过度而垮了下来。
10. After years of overwork his health broke down and he had to retire.
    多年过分劳累把他身体弄垮了，他不得不退休。
11. Signs of overwork are nervous tension, irritability and indigestion.
    过分劳累的征候是神经紧张、烦躁易怒和消化不良。
12. What with overwork and what with hunger, John fell ill.
    约翰病倒了，一半由于过度劳累一半由于饥饿。
13. Perhaps I suffered a little from overwork.
    也许我是因过度劳累而不舒服。
14. He dropped with overwork.
    他因过度工作累倒了。
15. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.
    赶走人类，那么导致饥饿和过度劳累的根源就永远消除了。
16. So hard did he overwork that he fell ill at last.
    他太操劳过度以致最后病倒了。
17. His illness was caused by overwork and want of sleep.
    他的病是因劳累过度和睡眠不足引起的。
18. His health collapsed because of overwork.
    他的身体因工作过度而垮掉了。
19. He no longer abused himself with short sleep, overwork, and overstudy.
    他不再用短促的睡眠、过度的工作和刻苦的学习来折磨自己了。
20. His illness is attributable to overwork.
    他的病可归因于劳累过度。
21. His illness was induced by overwork.
    他的病是因工作过度而引起的。
22. What with overwork and ( what with) so little sleep, she fell ill.
    一半因为工作过度的劳累，一半因为睡眠不足，她病倒了。
23. The man's collapse was caused by overwork.
    那人因工作过度而累倒了。
24. I have lost some weight because of overwork.
    由于过度工作，我已经减轻了些体重。
25. This heart attack may be related to his overwork.
    这次心脏病发作可能和他工作过劳有关。
26. Illness caught him inevitably on account of overwork.
    由于工作过度，他生病是不可避免的。
27. He collapsed due to overwork.
    由于劳累过度他的身体垮了。
28. My personal doctor advised me not to overwork and that I should take enough rest.
    我的私人医生劝告我不要过度操劳，而应该有充足的休息。
29. How could you collapse from overwork?
    你怎么能因为过度劳累就病倒了呢？
30. Idleness spawns discontent, whereas overwork leads to mental and physical exhaustion.
    懒惰滋生不满，而过度工作导致精神和身体的疲劳。

noun

1. the act of working too much or too long
   1. he became ill from overwork

   Synonym:    overworking

verb

1. use too much
   1. This play has been overworked

2. work excessively hard
   1. he is exploiting the students

   Synonym:    exploit