overstretch

overstretch

美 [?o?v?r?stret?] 　英 [???v?(r)?stret?]

  • v.（使）勉強維持
  • 網絡過度伸長；過度擴張；過度牽張

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：overstretches  現在分詞：overstretching  過去式：overstretched  

同義詞

英漢雙解

v.
1.
~ sb/sth/yourself
（使）勉強維持，硬撐著，超負荷運轉to do more than you are capable of; to make sb/sth do more than they are capable of
This will overstretch the prison service's resources.
這將使監獄的資源不堪負荷。
Credit cards can tempt you to overstretch yourself(= spend more money than you can afford) .
信用卡能誘使你超額消費。

英漢解釋

v.
1.
過度伸長,過拉伸

英英解釋

v.

例句

Take regular short breaks, keep warm-cold muscles do not extend properly-and don't overstretch to do a task.

經常休息一會兒，保持身體暖和（冷的肌肉不能適當地伸展）并且干活使要量力而行。

Ferguson now argues that the United States may be succumbing to financial overstretch.

弗格森爭辯說，美國可能會屈從于金融過度擴張的壓力。

Overstretch: to stretch one's body or muscles to the point of strain or injury.

過度伸展伸展身體或肌肉到了扭傷或損傷的程度。

It is no coincidence that the man who coined the term "imperial overstretch, " Yale University historian Paul Kennedy, is British.

發明“帝國的過度緊張”這個詞匯的耶魯大學歷史學家，保羅。肯尼迪恰好是英國人，這決非偶然。

Arguably, by taking a minority stake in Suzuki, without the demands of actual integration, it should not overstretch itself.

如果只是購入鈴木少數股權，不要求進行實際整合，那么可以說，大眾應該不會負擔太重。

Do wall pushups, and be particularly careful not to overstretch; ease into your stretches gradually.

可以做“推墻”，特別注意不要過量，逐漸開始。

So, I ask again, does that mean that he was wrong when he accused the US of imperial overstretch?

于是，我又問，這是否意味著，他譴責美國“帝國過分擴張”是錯的呢？

That is the essence of the "imperial overstretch" Paul Kennedy, a Yale historian, describes in his The Rise and Fall of Great Powers.

這恰恰是耶魯歷史學家保羅?肯尼迪（PaulKennedy）在《大國的興衰》（TheRiseandFallofGreatPowers）中所描述的“帝國過度擴張”的精髓。

Without his aerial reach, his forces are as vulnerable to overstretch as the rebels.

一旦沒有空軍的支持，他的部隊就與叛軍一樣容易受到牽制。

Pregnancy and childbirth. This can sometimes overstretch and strain your muscles.

妊娠和分娩。這有時過度擴張和應變你的肌肉。

BEFORE RUNNING: Your muscles will not be warm, so don't overstretch.

跑步前：肌肉還沒有熱，所以不要過度拉伸。

There is equally little prospect of many additional British troops, given the army's current overstretch.

考慮到部隊現在的戰線過長，英國大規模增兵的可能同樣微乎其微。

However, an inappropriate tidal volume setting can overstretch and injure the lung.

然而，一個不恰當的潮氣量設置過度和傷害肺部。

High placement may overstretch the joint capsule, the muscles, or the tendons .

關節囊，肌肉或肌腱可能會因過度伸展而受傷。

The worry is that strong demand for Treasuries as reserves might tempt America to overstretch itself.

人們擔心的是對美國國債作為儲備的強勁需求使得美國戰線過長，力不從心。

The government's plan to deal with what the report calls "the legacy of overstretch" is to do less and make hopeful assumptions.

政府處理報告中說聲稱“軍力不堪承受”的計劃不過是不作為和做一些美好的假設。