释义 |
overextendo‧ver‧ex‧tend /ˌəʊvərɪkˈstend $ ˌoʊ-/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEoverextend |
Present | I, you, we, they | overextend | | he, she, it | overextends | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overextended | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overextended | | he, she, it | has overextended | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overextended | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overextend | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overextended |
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Present | I | am overextending | | he, she, it | is overextending | | you, we, they | are overextending | Past | I, he, she, it | was overextending | | you, we, they | were overextending | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overextending | | he, she, it | has been overextending | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overextending | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overextending | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overextending |
- I try not to overextend myself.
- The same freedom from job limits that unleashes enormous effort also encourages people to overextend themselves.
1to try to do or use too much of something, causing problems, illness, or damageoverextend yourself Be careful not to overextend yourself. You’ve been very ill.2to spend more money than you actually have: Jackson’s company became overextended financially.—overextended adjective |