overburden

英 [ˌəʊvə'bɜːdn] 美 [ˌəʊvə'bɜːdn]

• v. 使负担过重；使装载过多；使过于劳累

英英释义

Noun:

1. the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits

2. an excessive burden

Verb:

1. burden with too much work or responsibility

2. load with excessive weight

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The education system rather than the teachers is to answer for overburden on the students .
   使学生负担过重的是教育体系而不是老师。
2. Because of the overburden of our commitments, we are unable to ship your order within the agreed period.
   由于我方订货负担过重，无法在协议期限内交货。
3. Language teachers should be aware of the priority in vocabulary instruction and had better not overburden students' memory.
   首先词汇教学的内容要重点突出，循序渐进，不能使短时记忆超负荷。

经典引文

• The anorectic child should not be overburdened with..school work.

  出自：Archives of Pediatrics

• If some hulking great brute..were to straddle an already overburdened war-horse, the whole caboodle would collapse.

  出自：Punch

词汇搭配

• overburden excavator 表土挖土机,剥土电铲...
• overburden pressure 积土压力,覆盖地层压...
• overburden layer 覆盖层
• overburden ratio 采剥比,剥离比...
• overburden stripping 覆盖层剥除,覆盖层剥...
• residual overburden 残积覆盖层

近反义词

【近义词】

• labor 工人
• prey 牺牲者
• overload 使超载
• overtax 课税过重
• overstrain 使过度紧张
• burden 负担
• load 负荷
• tax 税
• overstretch 过度伸长