英语释义

1. to load (something or someone) to excess: such as

2. to put too large a load on or in (something)
overload a ship overload a washing machine Overloading the trailer poses a safety risk. … a bad winter can so overload roofs with snow that their collapses become endemic.
— Henry Petroski

3. to give too much of something to (someone or something) to supply with an excess of something
overloading students with more information than they can retain More than ever, the upper middle class is synonymous with the stressed-out class. Their bosses are overloading them with work …
— Joseph Spiers … have overloaded the market with too many strange designs and weird color combinations.
— Mimi Valdés a movie overloaded with special effects a court system overloaded with criminal cases

4. to cause too large a load in (something, such as an electrical circuit)
Too much current traveling through one circuit can cause an overload. The wires inside a wall can get too hot and start a fire. Using a special safety power strip can help prevent overloading a circuit.
— Science

5. an excessive load or amount of something
an overload of cargo an overload of details If your dog is suffering from an overload of stress, he will appear depressed, inactive, sluggish and unresponsive.
— Daniel Seligman You fight your superficiality, your shallowness, so as to try to come at people without unreal expectations, without an overload of bias or hope or arrogance …
— Philip Roth If you're a regular reader of blogs, … you've probably been frustrated from time to time by information overload: the blogosphere creates way too much material for any human being to comfortably digest.
— Chris Taylor Large department stores tend to bring on sensory overload [=overstimulation of the senses] …
— Stephen O'Shea and Joan Harting

6. to put too great a load on or in (something)

7. to give too much work to (someone)

8. to cause (something, such as an electrical circuit) to be used for too many things at the same time

9. to put too great a load on or in

片语

h Information Overload如何应对信息超载

handle information overload息过载

Information Overload Unit唱片名

Constantly on information overload持续信息过剩

Information E overload过于繁杂的信息

Information Overload Syndrome脑炸癥

information overload testing apparatus信息过载测试设备

Wading Through Information Overload涉水通过信息超载

information overload testing aid信息超负荷试验辅助器

英汉例句

• Information overload is not unique to the (information) highway, and it needn't be a problem.

  信息过载并不是信息高速公路独有的问题，而且也不必是个问题。

相似词

overburden巖石覆盖；过重负担

overcharge过高的要价；过度负荷；超载

overfill满溢