overload

柯林斯词典

動詞讀作ˌəʊvəˈləʊd。名詞讀作ˈəʊvəˌləʊd。

1. V-T If you overload something such as a vehicle, you put more things or people into it than it was designed to carry. 使超載
Don't overload the boat or it will sink. 別讓船超載了，否則它會沉。
2. overloadedADJ 超載的
Some trains were so overloaded that their suspension collapsed. 有些列車超載如此嚴重，以至於它們的懸架都被壓垮了。
3. V-T To overload someone with work, problems, or information means to give them more work, problems, or information than they can cope with. 使負擔過重
...an effective method that will not overload staff with yet more paperwork. …一個不會使員工背負更多案牘工作的有傚方法。
4. N-UNCOUNT Overload is also a noun. 過重的負擔
57 percent complained of work overload. 57%的人抱怨工作負擔過重。
5. overloadedADJ 負擔過重的
The bar waiter was already overloaded with orders. 這名酒吧侍者已經不堪應付過多的點單了。
6. V-T If you overload an electrical system, you cause too much electricity to flow through it, and so damage it. 使 (電氣系統) 負荷過重
Never overload an electrical outlet. 絕不要超負荷使用一個電源插座。