overload ( overloading, overloaded, overloads )

动词读作ˌəʊvəˈləʊd。名词读作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. 使超载

  例：

  Don't overload the boat or it will sink.

  别让船超载了，否则它会沉。

• 2. 

  overloaded ADJ 超载的

  例：

  Some trains were so overloaded that their suspension collapsed.

  有些列车超载如此严重，以至于它们的悬架都被压垮了。

• 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. 使负担过重

  例：

  ...an effective method that will not overload staff with yet more paperwork.

  …一个不会使员工背负更多案牍工作的有效方法。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT Overload is also a noun. 过重的负担

  例：

  57 percent complained of work overload.

  57%的人抱怨工作负担过重。

• 5. 

  overloaded ADJ 负担过重的

  例：

  The bar waiter was already overloaded with orders.

  这名酒吧侍者已经不堪应付过多的点单了。

• 6. 

  V-T If you overload an electrical system, you cause too much electricity to flow through it, and so damage it. 使 (电气系统) 负荷过重

  例：

  Never overload an electrical outlet.

  绝不要超负荷使用一个电源插座。