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overextended [ˌoʊvərɪkˈstendɪd]

adj. 冒过多风险的,放账过多的;
v. 过分张开,过分扩展,使(自己或别人)承担过多的工作( overextend的过去式和过去分词 );

例句:

  • The British East India Tea Company was overextended and faced bankruptcy.
    英国东印度茶业公司摊子大、开支多,已濒临破产。
  • He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment.
    当接到额外的任务时,他过度紧张.
  • The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.
    那位操劳过度的家长看起来好像并不疼爱孩子,但实际上可能是太累的缘故。
  • An overextended...sequence of procedures from traditional black and modern white musics.
    来自New Yorker
  • By increasing the number of teams and stretching the tournament to almost two months, it has overextended itself.
    来自THETIMES
  • The comic leg-pulling is a tad overextended, plus my attention wandered during two exploratory trios.
    来自THETIMES