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单词 overtaxing
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overtaxingn.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtaksɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtæksɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overtax v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < overtax v. + -ing suffix1. Compare overtaxation n.
The action of overtax v. (in various senses); an instance of this.
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1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold i. i. 6 Nay, there be murmurs, for thy brother breaks us With over-taxing.
1884 Manufacturer & Builder Mar. 68/2 Among the causes of myopia have been found the overtaxing of the strength of children as well as their eyes.
1902 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity 59 25 Wasting disease..together with mental or physical overtaxing, all prepare the way for the lighting up of a psychosis.
1953 L. E. Morehouse Physiol. Exercise xiii. 171 A delay in the return of the leucocyte count to normal following exercise indicates an overtaxing of the subject.
2001 New Statesman (Nexis) 9 Apr. The US budget surplus represented an ‘overtaxing’ of the American people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overtaxingadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtaksɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtæksɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overtax v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < overtax v. + -ing suffix2.
That taxes a person or thing excessively.
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1872 Galaxy Apr. 444 A huge class of regular..novel-readers..instinctively shudder at the thought of any novel that is weighted by solid information and overtaxing thought.
1981 Financial Times (Nexis) 14 Mar. 25 These measures could threaten that from a position of under taxing real profits the Chancellor will move to an overtaxing position.
1997 Sporting Life (Nexis) 3 June 32 Prior to the Derby we kept him to one race a week and he has not had an overtaxing schedule.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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