Definition of overextend in English:

overextend

verb əʊv(ə)rɛkˈstɛndəʊv(ə)rɪkˈstɛndˌoʊvərɪkˈstɛnd

[with object]

1Make (something) too long.
拖得太长；过分扩展
at nine minutes plus the song is somewhat overextended
这首歌要唱9分多钟有点拉得太长了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Always take the proper precautions with ladders and safety equipment, and don't overextend your reach or place yourself in precarious positions.
- Today, the state is likely to be seen as the lesser of privacy-invading evils, and even as a source of protection for our privacy, rather than as an entity that should not be allowed to overextend its reach into our private lives.
- There should be a mark showing the safe limit for the height of the seat - go beyond that, and it could be dangerous because the seat is overextended and so not very strong.
- Her shoulders were overextended, which could cause brachial nerve damage.
- When you grip down, don't overextend your arms.
- I did cardiovascular exercise and lots of it - elliptical trainer, stationary bike and Spinning - but did only basic weight exercises so I didn't overextend my joints.
- Hitters easily can read the ball out of his hand because his delivery lacks deception and he overextends his arm.
- Binoche plays an actress, displaying her chops doing Shakespeare, The Collector, and - in one painfully overextended scene - the ironing.
Synonyms
put a strain on, put great demands on, overtax, be too much for
2Impose an excessive burden of work or commitments on (someone)
使工作负担过重；使承担过多义务；使作过分的承诺
he should not overextend himself on the mortgage
他不应该超过自身能力去做抵押贷款。
Example sentencesExamples
- Some people who want to help but overextend themselves might not get in trouble if there were financial assistance to properly care for and house these abandoned animals.
- These federal guarantees encourage people to overextend by making borrowing cheaper than it otherwise would be.
- But it is also possible that a major economic adjustment in the US is triggered simply by the sheer financial exhaustion of America's overextended consumers.
- I wonder what church would look like in our local communities if church was a place where an overextended and tired people could find rest and refueling.
- Without such help his situation proved impossible, for he was greatly overextended.
- It is a twentieth-century classic, and besides, by the 1970s she was too overextended to complete such an assignment.
- Problems arise because drug names sound alike, prescriptions are illegible and pharmacists are overextended.
- We overextended our defense a little bit but I think our athleticism paid off.
- If your staff is overworked or overextended, it will inevitably show in their attitudes toward customers.
- Choose a vehicle that won't overextend you financially.
- The vast majority of sports injuries and accidents happen because people overextend themselves.
- It in no way relieves the strain on our overextended military personnel.
- Even less realistic is the expectation that an already overextended government could do it even if it wanted to.
Synonyms
overtax, overwork, overburden, overreach, overtask, make too many demands on, run oneself into the ground, work oneself into the ground, exert excessively, drive too far, exert to the limit, push to the limit

Derivatives

overextension

noun ˌəʊv(ə)rɪkˈstɛnʃ(ə)n

mass noun

The action of extending something too far.
overextension of the head and neck should be avoided
Example sentencesExamples
- count noun the financial crisis was precipitated by an overextension of credit
- They explicitly stated in their majority opinion that this decision could not be used to set a precedent based on their ridiculous overextension of the due-process clause in the 14th amendment.
- This optimism contributes to the underestimation of risk, overextension of credit, excessive increases in asset prices, overinvestment in physical capital and, in some cases, overly buoyant consumer expenditures.
- Because the airways are heterogeneously narrowed, the less involved parts of the lungs may undergo regional overextension when exposed to high inflation pressures and rupture.

Definition of overextend in US English:

overextend

verbˌoʊvərɪkˈstɛndˌōvərikˈstend

[with object]

1Make too long.
拖得太长；过分扩展
at nine minutes plus the song is somewhat overextended
这首歌要唱9分多钟有点拉得太长了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I did cardiovascular exercise and lots of it - elliptical trainer, stationary bike and Spinning - but did only basic weight exercises so I didn't overextend my joints.
- Always take the proper precautions with ladders and safety equipment, and don't overextend your reach or place yourself in precarious positions.
- Today, the state is likely to be seen as the lesser of privacy-invading evils, and even as a source of protection for our privacy, rather than as an entity that should not be allowed to overextend its reach into our private lives.
- Her shoulders were overextended, which could cause brachial nerve damage.
- When you grip down, don't overextend your arms.
- Binoche plays an actress, displaying her chops doing Shakespeare, The Collector, and - in one painfully overextended scene - the ironing.
- Hitters easily can read the ball out of his hand because his delivery lacks deception and he overextends his arm.
- There should be a mark showing the safe limit for the height of the seat - go beyond that, and it could be dangerous because the seat is overextended and so not very strong.
Synonyms
put a strain on, put great demands on, overtax, be too much for
2Impose on (someone) an excessive burden of work or commitments.
使工作负担过重；使承担过多义务；使作过分的承诺
he should not overextend himself on the mortgage
他不应该超过自身能力去做抵押贷款。
Example sentencesExamples
- Even less realistic is the expectation that an already overextended government could do it even if it wanted to.
- I wonder what church would look like in our local communities if church was a place where an overextended and tired people could find rest and refueling.
- It is a twentieth-century classic, and besides, by the 1970s she was too overextended to complete such an assignment.
- Choose a vehicle that won't overextend you financially.
- If your staff is overworked or overextended, it will inevitably show in their attitudes toward customers.
- It in no way relieves the strain on our overextended military personnel.
- The vast majority of sports injuries and accidents happen because people overextend themselves.
- Without such help his situation proved impossible, for he was greatly overextended.
- Some people who want to help but overextend themselves might not get in trouble if there were financial assistance to properly care for and house these abandoned animals.
- But it is also possible that a major economic adjustment in the US is triggered simply by the sheer financial exhaustion of America's overextended consumers.
- We overextended our defense a little bit but I think our athleticism paid off.
- These federal guarantees encourage people to overextend by making borrowing cheaper than it otherwise would be.
- Problems arise because drug names sound alike, prescriptions are illegible and pharmacists are overextended.
Synonyms
overtax, overwork, overburden, overreach, overtask, make too many demands on, run oneself into the ground, work oneself into the ground, exert excessively, drive too far, exert to the limit, push to the limit

词汇	overextend
释义	Definition of overextend in English: overextend verb əʊv(ə)rɛkˈstɛndəʊv(ə)rɪkˈstɛndˌoʊvərɪkˈstɛnd [with object] 1Make (something) too long. 拖得太长；过分扩展 at nine minutes plus the song is somewhat overextended 这首歌要唱9分多钟有点拉得太长了。 Example sentencesExamples Always take the proper precautions with ladders and safety equipment, and don't overextend your reach or place yourself in precarious positions. Today, the state is likely to be seen as the lesser of privacy-invading evils, and even as a source of protection for our privacy, rather than as an entity that should not be allowed to overextend its reach into our private lives. There should be a mark showing the safe limit for the height of the seat - go beyond that, and it could be dangerous because the seat is overextended and so not very strong. Her shoulders were overextended, which could cause brachial nerve damage. When you grip down, don't overextend your arms. I did cardiovascular exercise and lots of it - elliptical trainer, stationary bike and Spinning - but did only basic weight exercises so I didn't overextend my joints. Hitters easily can read the ball out of his hand because his delivery lacks deception and he overextends his arm. Binoche plays an actress, displaying her chops doing Shakespeare, The Collector, and - in one painfully overextended scene - the ironing. Synonyms put a strain on, put great demands on, overtax, be too much for 2Impose an excessive burden of work or commitments on (someone) 使工作负担过重；使承担过多义务；使作过分的承诺 he should not overextend himself on the mortgage 他不应该超过自身能力去做抵押贷款。 Example sentencesExamples Some people who want to help but overextend themselves might not get in trouble if there were financial assistance to properly care for and house these abandoned animals. These federal guarantees encourage people to overextend by making borrowing cheaper than it otherwise would be. But it is also possible that a major economic adjustment in the US is triggered simply by the sheer financial exhaustion of America's overextended consumers. I wonder what church would look like in our local communities if church was a place where an overextended and tired people could find rest and refueling. Without such help his situation proved impossible, for he was greatly overextended. It is a twentieth-century classic, and besides, by the 1970s she was too overextended to complete such an assignment. Problems arise because drug names sound alike, prescriptions are illegible and pharmacists are overextended. We overextended our defense a little bit but I think our athleticism paid off. If your staff is overworked or overextended, it will inevitably show in their attitudes toward customers. Choose a vehicle that won't overextend you financially. The vast majority of sports injuries and accidents happen because people overextend themselves. It in no way relieves the strain on our overextended military personnel. Even less realistic is the expectation that an already overextended government could do it even if it wanted to. Synonyms overtax, overwork, overburden, overreach, overtask, make too many demands on, run oneself into the ground, work oneself into the ground, exert excessively, drive too far, exert to the limit, push to the limit Derivatives overextension noun ˌəʊv(ə)rɪkˈstɛnʃ(ə)n mass noun The action of extending something too far. overextension of the head and neck should be avoided Example sentencesExamples count noun the financial crisis was precipitated by an overextension of credit They explicitly stated in their majority opinion that this decision could not be used to set a precedent based on their ridiculous overextension of the due-process clause in the 14th amendment. This optimism contributes to the underestimation of risk, overextension of credit, excessive increases in asset prices, overinvestment in physical capital and, in some cases, overly buoyant consumer expenditures. Because the airways are heterogeneously narrowed, the less involved parts of the lungs may undergo regional overextension when exposed to high inflation pressures and rupture. Definition of overextend in US English: overextend verbˌoʊvərɪkˈstɛndˌōvərikˈstend [with object] 1Make too long. 拖得太长；过分扩展 at nine minutes plus the song is somewhat overextended 这首歌要唱9分多钟有点拉得太长了。 Example sentencesExamples I did cardiovascular exercise and lots of it - elliptical trainer, stationary bike and Spinning - but did only basic weight exercises so I didn't overextend my joints. Always take the proper precautions with ladders and safety equipment, and don't overextend your reach or place yourself in precarious positions. Today, the state is likely to be seen as the lesser of privacy-invading evils, and even as a source of protection for our privacy, rather than as an entity that should not be allowed to overextend its reach into our private lives. Her shoulders were overextended, which could cause brachial nerve damage. When you grip down, don't overextend your arms. Binoche plays an actress, displaying her chops doing Shakespeare, The Collector, and - in one painfully overextended scene - the ironing. Hitters easily can read the ball out of his hand because his delivery lacks deception and he overextends his arm. There should be a mark showing the safe limit for the height of the seat - go beyond that, and it could be dangerous because the seat is overextended and so not very strong. Synonyms put a strain on, put great demands on, overtax, be too much for 2Impose on (someone) an excessive burden of work or commitments. 使工作负担过重；使承担过多义务；使作过分的承诺 he should not overextend himself on the mortgage 他不应该超过自身能力去做抵押贷款。 Example sentencesExamples Even less realistic is the expectation that an already overextended government could do it even if it wanted to. I wonder what church would look like in our local communities if church was a place where an overextended and tired people could find rest and refueling. It is a twentieth-century classic, and besides, by the 1970s she was too overextended to complete such an assignment. Choose a vehicle that won't overextend you financially. If your staff is overworked or overextended, it will inevitably show in their attitudes toward customers. It in no way relieves the strain on our overextended military personnel. The vast majority of sports injuries and accidents happen because people overextend themselves. Without such help his situation proved impossible, for he was greatly overextended. Some people who want to help but overextend themselves might not get in trouble if there were financial assistance to properly care for and house these abandoned animals. But it is also possible that a major economic adjustment in the US is triggered simply by the sheer financial exhaustion of America's overextended consumers. We overextended our defense a little bit but I think our athleticism paid off. These federal guarantees encourage people to overextend by making borrowing cheaper than it otherwise would be. Problems arise because drug names sound alike, prescriptions are illegible and pharmacists are overextended. Synonyms overtax, overwork, overburden, overreach, overtask, make too many demands on, run oneself into the ground, work oneself into the ground, exert excessively, drive too far, exert to the limit, push to the limit
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