overworked

adj.

1. 工作过多的；劳累过度的
   made to work too hard or too much
   1. overworked nurses
      劳累过度的护士
2. 用得过滥的；滥而无效的
   used too often so that the meaning or effect has become weaker

1. ADJ-GRADED （词语、表达方式、主意等）用得过滥的，陈词滥调的
   If you describe a word, expression, or idea as overworked, you mean it has been used so often that it no longer has much effect or meaning.
   1. 'Ecological' has become one of the most overworked adjectives among manufacturers of garden supplies.
      “生态的”这个词已经成为园艺产品生产商用得最滥的形容词之一。
   2. ...an overworked simile.
      程式化的微笑

1. The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.
   工作压身、精力上捉襟见肘的家长可能会被视作对孩子缺乏关爱，但他们也许只是太疲惫了。
2. 'Ecological' has become one of the most overworked adjectives among manufacturers of garden supplies.
   “生态的”这个词已经成为园艺产品生产商用得最滥的形容词之一。
3. He was overworked but never uttered a word of complaint.
   虽然超负荷工作，他从未发过一句怨言。
4. She overworked herself and fell ill.
   她操劳过度，病倒了。
5. You are overworked and ill.
   你已经积劳成疾了。
6. This is more than a mere annoyance to overworked parents. It affects the broader health of society.
   这对过度操劳的家长们不单单是个烦恼，它还会影响到社会的健康发展。
7. If their overworked parents were given more free time instead, everyone would be happier.
   如果他们过度劳累的父母有更多的空闲时间，而是每个人都快乐。
8. They are overprotective, sometimes rigid and, often, overworked and exhausted.
   他们保护性很强，甚至有点刻板，一般都会过度劳累，把自己搞得精疲力竭。
9. Feeling old, overworked and underappreciated, Shrek is clearly having a midlife crisis.
   我们的史莱克明显陷入了中年危机：总觉得自己老了，过度劳累而且不受赏识。
10. I was overworked and began to dislike my job.
    我工作过量，而变得讨厌工作。
11. You complain about being overworked or underpaid.
    抱怨工作量过大或薪水太低。
12. I felt like the soil on some desperate sharecropper's farm, sorely overworked and needing a fallow season.
    我就像某个绝望的佃农所耕种的土壤，负担过重，亟需休耕。
13. But Obama still runs a risk: that his overworked rhetoric loses its power and boomerangs on him.
    但是奥巴马任然冒了风险，那是他强有力的言辞在他身上失去了它的力量和（自食其果）。
14. Labor Unions have been working to organize teaching assistants who feel overworked and underpaid.
    工会已经为那些感到超时工作和低工资的教学助理提供帮助。
15. We're all overworked and underpaid.
    我们都超时工作而且工资很低。
16. She's overworked that particular excuse.
    那个借口她用的次数太多了。
17. This laziness may be because one is overworked or over-indulged, or has played games too hard.
    这种无精打采可能是因为超时工作或过度放纵，或者游戏玩过了头。
18. Diminishing returns may eventually set in as overworked employees lose efficiency or leave for more arable pastures.
    逐渐缩小的利润最终开始，当过度工作的员工失去效率或是离开去了更好的地方。
19. Jeff: are you "overworked, underpaid and dissatisfied"?
    杰夫：你对“超负荷工作，待遇低很不满意，”是吗？
20. He was tired, overworked.
    他累了，过度劳累了。
21. They were not notably overworked.
    他们的过度劳苦的情形并不显著。
22. I have overworked this weekend because of the hard project.
    为了那个棘手的项目，这个周末我一直都在加班。
23. Jeff: Are you "overworked, underpaid and dissatisfied"? He is weighed with responsibilities beyond his capacity.
    杰夫：你对超负荷工作，待遇低很不满意，是吗？他担负着超负荷的责任。
24. Take responsibility for being overworked, then change it.
    对工作过度负责，并改变它。
25. He worried ( overworked) himself into consumption. One's health suffers from overwork.
    他忧虑（劳累）过度而患肺过度劳累有损身体健康。
26. Can a tired overworked voice command attention in class?
    一个疲惫、过劳的声音能吸引全班的注意力吗？
27. I must have overworked myself.
    我一定是过于劳累了。
28. Because Henry hated to delegate, he was always overworked.
    由于亨利不喜欢授权下属办事，所以他自己总是劳累过度。
29. Look how overworked this guy is.
    看看这家伙有多忙。
30. Tom's overworked and short-tempered teacher finally lost patience with the child's persistent questioning and seemingly self-centered behavior.
    托马斯的老师操劳过度、脾气暴躁，最后终于对这个孩子无止境的提问和貌似以自我为中心的行为失去了耐心。