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 worked overtime yesterday.
  我昨晚加班了。
• He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job
  他会为了完成工作无偿加班。
• I've been used to working overtime every day.
  我已经习惯每天加班了。
• I have to work overtime sometimes.
  有时候我必须要加班。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When he told me I had to work overtime, that was it.
  当他告诉我我必须加班的时候，我受够了。
• M: No, thanks. I have got to work overtime.
  M：不用了，谢谢，我得加班。
• You mean I have to work overtime tonight?
  你的意思是今晚我必须加班吗？