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

• ADJ-GRADED （系统、机构等）超负荷运转的，硬撑着的
  If a system or organization isoverstretched, 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。

双语例句

• Overstretched& the whole sector has reached its limits.
  超负荷&这一领域已经达到了极限。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。