| 单词 | overtime |
| 释义 | overtime (oʊvəʳtaɪm ) 1. uncountable noun B2 Overtime is time that you spend doing your job in addition to your normal working hours. He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job. Union leaders had urged miners to vote in favour of an overtime ban. 2. work overtime phrase If you say that someone is working overtime to do something, you mean that they are using a lot of energy, effort, or enthusiasm trying to do it. [informal] We had to battle very hard and our defence worked overtime to keep us in the game. She works overtime with her vacuum cleaner to keep grit out of the kitchen. 3. uncountable noun Overtime is an additional period of time that is added to the end of a sports match in which the two teams are level, as a way of allowing one of the teams to win. [US] They won the championship by defeating their opponents 3–2 in overtime. Idioms: work overtime to work very hard in order to achieve something This might explain why people sleep longer when the immune mechanisms are working overtime to fight off infections. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: cut overtime Many companies have put staff on short weeks or cut overtime. Times, Sunday Times Local union leaders say that staff have been angered by plans to cut overtime, weekend pay and time off in lieu for working antisocial hours. Times, Sunday Times Under plans leaked last week, chief constables want to cut overtime rates from double to time and a half for public holidays. Times, Sunday Times It also encourages companies to introduce greater automation and to cut overtime pay. Times, Sunday Times Unpaid overtime occurs most in the public sector - affecting 27 per cent of staff compared to 18 per cent in the private sector. The Sun During this consultation, alternatives to redundancy should be explored, such as short-time working, pay cuts, retraining, unpaid overtime and so on. Times, Sunday Times Liberty denied that staff were made to do unpaid overtime or refused sickness and maternity leave. Times, Sunday Times A disgruntled warehouse worker filed a complaint about unpaid overtime pay, initiating the audit. Christianity Today Even after all that unpaid overtime that you've been putting in? Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 超时 Japanese: 超過勤務 |
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