overdrive

A noun referring to a state of high or excessive activity, productivity, or concentration, or a high gear used at high speeds to maintain driving speed with less output power.

• 🇨🇳名词，指高度或过度的活跃、高效或专注状态；也指汽车中用于高速行驶、以较低输出功率维持速度的加力档或超速档。

1. State of high activity B2 informal

   A condition of intense or excessive activity, productivity, or concentration.

   • The team went into overdrive to meet the deadline.
   • Her brain went into overdrive trying to solve the puzzle.
   • The factory is in overdrive to fulfill all the orders.

   🇨🇳高度活跃状态

   同义词: bustlecommotionexcitementfever pitchfrenzyhigh gearhyperactivityintensity

2. High gear in vehicles B2 formal

   A gear in a motor vehicle that allows it to maintain high speed with reduced engine power output.

   • He shifted into overdrive on the highway to save fuel.
   • The car's overdrive gear is ideal for long-distance driving.
   • Engaging overdrive reduces engine wear at high speeds.

   🇨🇳超速挡

   同义词: high gear

• overdrives plural form
• overdrives' possessive plural form
• overdrive's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to drive a vehicle or machine at an excessive speed or beyond normal limits, often used metaphorically to mean pushing something to its maximum capacity.

• 🇨🇳动词，指以过高的速度或超出正常限制驾驶交通工具或操作机械；也常用于比喻，表示把某事物发挥到最大功率或推到极限。

1. Work or drive excessively B2 informal

   To push someone or something beyond normal limits, often causing strain or exhaustion.

   • The manager overdrives his team with unrealistic deadlines.
   • She overdrives her car by never taking it for maintenance.
   • He tends to overdrive himself during exam season.

   🇨🇳过度驱使

   同义词: exhaustoverburdenoverextendovertaxoverworkstrain

   反义词: easerest

2. Use too frequently or extensively B2 informal

   To rely on something too much, making it less effective or original.

   • The movie overdrives the same tired plot twist.
   • Writers often overdrive clichés in their stories.
   • The comedian overdrives that joke in every performance.

   🇨🇳滥用

   同义词: hackneyoverdooveruseoverwork

   反义词: neglect

• overdriven past participle
• overdrove past simple
• overdriving present participle
• overdrives third person singular