单词 | overtaxed |
释义 | overtaxedadj. Taxed too heavily; overburdened. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > esp. through labour forswunka1250 forwroughtc1400 forlaboured1483 broken1490 forespent1563 fortoiled1567 toiled1574 overtoiled?1577 over-laboured1579 back-broken1603 moiled1618 swinked1637 overwrought1648 overtaxed1650 toil-worn1752 used up1823 overworked1830 beat1832 dead-beaten1854 the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or exacting > demanded too greatly of overtaxed1650 over-exercised1792 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening > burdened > excessively overpressed1562 overfraught1589 overtaxed1650 hard-pressed1707 overweighted1753 well-taxed1827 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > taxed > overburdened or oppressed with fortaxeda1500 overtaxeda1859 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 48 They..grow too heavy for my over-tax'd leggs. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 437 It [sc. this additional tax] is applied to the relief of those which by the same assessment are over-taxed . View more context for this quotation 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. x. 328 The smuggling of prohibited and over-taxed articles. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiv. 181 The most ravenous of all the plunderers of the poor overtaxed nation. 1932 Punch 23 Nov. p. v/1 (advt.) So you have an overtaxed heart, with breathlessness, dizziness, headaches, impaired digestion, nervousness and a general loss of vitality and efficiency. 1983 P. Marshall Praisesong for Widow ii. iv. 122 She would lie there waiting for her overtaxed body to relax enough for her to fall asleep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1650 |
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