overcommit
overcommit — 動詞
- overcommitpresent simple I / you / we / they
- overcommits3rd person singular
- overcommitting-ing form
- overcommittedpast simple
1. to agree to do more than you are really able to handle, so that you cannot do al
攬太多事
答應的事超過自己能力負荷
to agree to do more than you are really able to handle, so that you cannot do all of it properly.
Reema overcommitted at work and now has five reports due on the same Friday.
Reema 在工作上攬了太多事，現在五份報告都要在同一個星期五交。
intransitive: overcommit in a context
Kian's coach warned him not to overcommit before the marathon, or his knees would give out.
Kian 的教練警告他在馬拉松前別攬太多訓練，否則膝蓋會撐不住。
advice register: 'don't overcommit'
The small charity overcommitted itself by promising help to three new towns at once.
這個小型慈善團體一次答應幫三個新城鎮，把自己壓得喘不過氣。
Daichi overcommitted as club president and then let down the freshmen who counted on him.
Daichi 當社長時攬了太多事，最後辜負了那些信任他的新生。
- overextend
stresses stretching your limits, often of money or energy
- overpromise
focuses on the promise itself rather than the workload taken on
- underdeliver
promise normally but produce less than expected
文法句型
overcommit oneself
overcommit to + noun
用法筆記
Frequently reflexive (overcommit oneself) or with no object. The implied result is always failure to deliver, so it carries a mildly negative tone.
常見錯誤
2. to place someone, including yourself, under a duty that is larger than they can
使承擔過重
讓某人背負超出能力的義務
to place someone, including yourself, under a duty that is larger than they can actually meet.
The contract overcommitted Andrés to deliver two hundred chairs he had no factory to build.
這份合約讓 Andrés 承擔了交付兩百張椅子的義務，但他根本沒有工廠可以製造。
transitive: overcommit + someone + to-infinitive
By signing every petition, Tamar overcommitted herself to causes she could never properly support.
Tamar 每份連署都簽，使自己背負了根本無力支持的種種訴求。
reflexive with to + noun
The village of Wren's Hollow was overcommitted to loan repayments long before the new mayor arrived.
早在新市長到任前，Wren's Hollow 這座村莊就已背負過重的貸款還款義務。
The lender overcommitted young farmers to debts their small harvests could never repay.
這家放款機構讓年輕農民背負了微薄收成永遠還不清的債務。
- overburden
stresses the weight of the duty rather than the act of binding
- overextend
more about reaching past safe limits than formal obligation
文法句型
overcommit + someone + to
be overcommitted
用法筆記
Subject is usually a contract, agreement, or institution that binds a person; distinguish from sense 1, where the person freely takes on too much rather than being bound by an outside duty.
3. to promise or use up more of a supply, such as money, water, or staff, than can
過度分配
用掉超過可補充上限的資源
to promise or use up more of a supply, such as money, water, or staff, than can be put back or refilled.
The factory overcommitted its water supply and the nearby river ran dry by August.
這家工廠過度耗用了水源，到了八月，附近的河川就乾涸了。
transitive: overcommit + a resource
Isabela warned that the city had overcommitted its budget across far too many road projects.
Isabela 警告，這座城市把預算過度分配在太多道路工程上。
object is a finite resource (budget)
Darius found the office server so overcommitted that even a one-line email took thirty seconds to open.
Darius 發現辦公室的伺服器負載過度，連一封一行字的電子郵件都要三十秒才打得開。
The hospital overcommitted its nurses to three wards and patients waited hours for care.
這家醫院把護理師過度分配到三個病房，病人等了好幾個小時才得到照護。
- overallocate
neutral planning term, no built-in sense of harm
- overextend
can describe resources but also effort and reach
- underutilize
use less of a resource than is available
文法句型
overcommit + resource
be overcommitted
用法筆記
Object is a finite, replenishable resource (water, budget, memory, staff). Common in computing and planning contexts; distinguish from sense 2, whose object is a person bound by a duty.