overextend
overextend — 動詞
- overextendpresent simple I / you / we / they
- overextendshe / she / it
- overextendedpast simple
- overextending-ing form
1. to push yourself, your money, or part of your body past a safe limit by taking o
撐過頭
做太多、花太多或拉太遠
to push yourself, your money, or part of your body past a safe limit by taking on too much, spending too much, or stretching too far
Sofie overextended herself by taking three weekend jobs at once.
Sofie 一次接下三份週末工作，把自己搞得撐過頭。
overextend yourself by + -ing
The cafe overextended its budget when it ordered new ovens and tables.
那家咖啡館訂了新烤箱和桌子後，預算就撐過頭了。
overextend + budget in a spending context
After opening two more stores, Rodrigo was overextended and could not pay staff.
Rodrigo 多開兩家分店後整個人都撐過頭，連員工薪水都快付不出來。
be overextended after expanding too quickly
Amihan tried to reach the high shelf and overextended her shoulder.
Amihan 伸手去拿高架上的盒子時，肩膀拉得太開了。
overextend + body part by stretching too far
- overextend yourself
- overextend a budget
- overextend credit
- be overextended
- overstretch
very close in meaning, but it often sounds slightly more physical or financial
- overcommit
focuses on promising or agreeing to too much, rather than the wider result
- strain
emphasizes the pressure or damage caused, not the decision to go too far
- pace yourself
means to control your effort so you do not take on too much
- limit
a broader opposite meaning to keep something within a safe range
文法句型
overextend yourself by + -ing
overextend + budget/resources
be overextended
overextend + body part
用法筆記
When the subject is a person, this verb is often reflexive: speakers commonly say 'overextend yourself' when someone takes on more work, spending, or responsibility than they can handle. With money, credit, or a body part, it is usually transitive.
常見錯誤
同根字
- extend動詞B2
- extension名詞B2
- overextended形容詞C1
- overextension名詞C1
常見搭配
常用片語
- overextend yourself
- be overextended
- overextend your budget