overtime

英 [ˈəʊvətaɪm]

美 [ˈoʊvərtaɪm]

n.  加班; 加班的时间; 加班费

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习惯用语

n.

be working overtime
• 非常活跃；过分活跃
  to be very active or too active
• There was nothing to worry about. It was just her imagination working overtime.
  没什么可担心的。那只是她的想象力太丰富了。

牛津词典

noun

• 加班；加班的时间
  time that you spend working at your job after you have worked the normal hours
  1. to do/work overtime
     加班
  2. overtime pay/earnings/hours
     加班费 / 收入 / 时间
  3. The union announced a ban on overtime.
     工会宣布禁止加班。
• 加班费
  the money sb earns for doing overtime
• 加班费
  the money sb earns for doing overtime

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 加班；加班时间
  Overtimeis time that you spend doing your job in addition to your normal working hours.
  1. He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job...
     他会为了完成工作无偿加班。
  2. Union leaders had urged miners to vote in favour of an overtime ban.
     工会领导人呼吁矿工投票支持加班禁令。
• PHRASE 投入全力；热情高涨
  If you say that someoneis working overtimeto do something, you mean that they are using a lot of energy, effort, or enthusiasm trying to do it.
  1. We had to battle very hard and our defence worked overtime to keep us in the game...
     我们不得不奋力搏杀；为保证我们不被淘汰出局，防守队员拼尽了全力。
  2. She works overtime with her vacuum cleaner to keep grit out of the kitchen.
     她动用真空吸尘器力争不让厨房出现沙砾。
• N-UNCOUNT （体育比赛中为决胜负而延长的）加时赛
  Overtimeis 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.
  1. Denver had won the championship by defeating the Cleveland Browns 23-20 in overtime.
     丹佛队在加时赛中以23比20击败克利夫兰布朗队夺得冠军。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 extra time

英英释义

noun

• work done in addition to regular working hours
• playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
  Synonym:extra time

adv

• beyond the regular time
  1. she often has to work overtime

双语例句

• I am used to working overtime everyday.
  我已习惯了每日超时工作的生活。
• If you insist on doing so, then we have to work overtime.
  如果你坚持要这么做，那么我们只好加班了。
• The workers were offered a square deal of a40-hour week and guaranteed overtime.
  工人们得到了每周40小时和保证支付加班费的公正待遇。
• A: I just submitted a request for overtime.
  A：我刚刚交了一份加班申请。
• We had to battle very hard and our defence worked overtime to keep us in the game
  我们不得不奋力搏杀；为保证我们不被淘汰出局，防守队员拼尽了全力。
• M: No, thanks. I have got to work overtime.
  M：不用了，谢谢，我得加班。
• Did you report the expenses for the overtime?
  你加班的费用销了吗？
• He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job
  他会为了完成工作无偿加班。
• I can work overtime if it's necessary.
  如果有必要的话，我可以加班。
• Union leaders had urged miners to vote in favour of an overtime ban.
  工会领导人呼吁矿工投票支持加班禁令。