overload

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o·ver·load /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd $ ˌoʊvərˈloʊd/ verb (past participlepp overloaded or overladen /-ˈleɪdn/) [transitiveT]

1 TOO/TOO MUCHCARRYto put too many things or people on or into something 使超载，使负荷过重

Be careful not to overload the washing machine.

注意别让洗衣机负荷过重。

be/become overloaded with something

The bus was overloaded with tourists and their luggage.

公共汽车载着满满的游客和行李。

2 TPETOO/TOO MUCHto put too much electricity through an electrical system or piece of equipment 使〔电路系统或设备〕超负荷

Don’t overload the lighting circuit.

别让照明电路超负荷。

3 WORK HARDto give someone too much work or information to deal with 给〔某人〕过多的工作[信息]

be/become overloaded with something

All the staff are overloaded with work.

所有的员工都在超负荷工作。

—overload /ˈəʊvələʊd $ ˈoʊvərloʊd/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

the modern day information overload

当今时代的信息膨胀

an overload of urgent daily business

过多的需紧急处理的日常事务

Examples from the Corpus

overload• We can't take money from a school system that is already overloaded.• Often children are inattentive during this stage because they get overloaded.• Servers are especially vulnerable to service overloading.• This is a medical emergency because the body's temperature regulating mechanism has been overloaded and has failed.• Higher loading causes overloading and streaking.• When she does get overloaded, naturally she wants immediate relief.• They overloaded the computer system, and the whole thing just stopped.• Don't overload the outlet by plugging in too many appliances.• You shouldn't overload the washing machine.• Projects should stretch people and make them work hard, but not overload them.• If you overload your Windows system then Windows still tries to keep going.

be/become overloaded with something• As the water becomes overloaded with nutrients, the algae spreads and oxygen levels fall.

information overload• Indeed, the ease of making it accessible can create problems, in particular that of information overload.• The reason is simple: information overload.• We all suffer from information overload.• Non-fiction publishing, to take a related case, is in general afflicted by similar problems of information overload and shrinking domestic markets.• The provision of concentrated data about data tended to information overload, but there were valuable tips to be picked up.• Nothing solves the problem of information overload faster than erasing the whole mess.• In such an environment, information overload is a real danger.• None of this is the ultimate solution to information overload, of course.

From Longman Business Dictionary