overstretch

英 [ˌəʊvəˈstretʃ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈstretʃ]

v.  (使)勉强维持，硬撑着，超负荷运转

过去分词：overstretched　过去式：overstretched　现在分词：overstretching　第三人称单数：overstretches　

BNC.32670 / COCA.36595

牛津词典

verb

• （使）勉强维持，硬撑着，超负荷运转
  to do more than you are capable of; to make sb/sth do more than they are capable of
  1. This will overstretch the prison service's resources.
     这将使监狱的资源不堪负荷。
  2. Credit cards can tempt you to overstretch yourself (= spend more money than you can afford) .
     信用卡能诱使你超额消费。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）超出承受能力；（使）超负荷运行
  If youoverstretchsomething or someone or if theyoverstretch, you force them to do something they are not really capable of, and they may be harmed as a result.
  1. Dr Boutros Ghali said the operation would overstretch resources...
     布特罗斯·加利博士说这一行动没有足够的资源支持。
  2. Do what you know you can do well and don't overstretch yourself...
     做你拿手的事情，不要勉为其难。
  3. Never force your legs to overstretch, or you can cause injuries.
     千万不要迫使双腿过度拉伸，否则会受伤的。

英英释义

verb

• strain abnormally
  1. I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up
  2. The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition
  Synonym:pull

双语例句

• That increases the probability that systemically important institutions overstretch themselves such that governments will be required to perform on their guarantee.
  这加大了它们过度扩张、以致政府不得不兑现担保的可能性。
• The more obvious case of overstretch in the 1980s was in fact the Soviet Union, which collapsed, while the US succeeded soon after in restoring its budgetary position under the Clinton presidency without a full-scale retreat from its international commitments.
  在上世纪80年代，苏联才是过度扩张的更明显案例，后来它解体了，而美国在克林顿入主白宫后，很快恢复了正常的预算状况，而且没有从自己的国际承诺全线退缩。
• He tends to overstretch himself in his efforts to succeed.
  他为了成功往往不自量力。
• Credit cards can tempt you to overstretch yourself.
  信用卡能诱使你超额消费。
• Do what you know you can do well and don't overstretch yourself
  做你拿手的事情，不要勉为其难。
• The government's plan to deal with what the report calls "the legacy of overstretch" is to do less and make hopeful assumptions.
  政府处理报告中说声称“军力不堪承受”的计划不过是不作为和做一些美好的假设。
• Do not overstretch the holding clip.
  不要过度拉伸支承夹。
• Never force your legs to overstretch, or you can cause injuries.
  千万不要迫使双腿过度拉伸，否则会受伤的。
• Arguably, by taking a minority stake in Suzuki, without the demands of actual integration, it should not overstretch itself.
  如果只是购入铃木少数股权，不要求进行实际整合，那么可以说，大众应该不会负担太重。
• Where the Kennedy thesis appeared wide of the mark was in suggesting the US was seriously at risk of imperial overstretch, as with Spain in 1600 or Britain in 1900.
  肯尼迪命题中的离谱之处在于，他提出美国存在帝国过度扩张的严重危险，就如1600年的西班牙或1900年的英国。