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o·ver·bur·den /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdn $ ˌoʊvərˈbɜːrdn/ verb [transitive] JOB/TASKto give an organization, person, or system more work or problems than they can deal with 使负担过多；使负荷过重 Health services have been overburdened and are unable to care for many older people. 公共医疗保健服务已经负担过重，无法顾及许多老年人。 a manager overburdened with work 工作量超负荷的经理n Grammar Overburden is usually passive.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusoverburden• Finally, I think the tests will simply overburden an already hard-pressed system, and prove unworkable.• Public health systems are already overburdened by patients with no insurance.• At times, without ill intent, we overburden ourselves.• Resist the temptation to overburden your notes with too much information. 4.o·ver·bur·den verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable Corpus system to an or organization, give person, |