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vt. 负担过度（过去式overtaxed，过去分词overtaxed，现在分词overtaxing，第三人称单数overtaxes，名词overtaxation）；[税收] 课税过重；使工作过度

Rest is what you need so that you do not overtax yourselves, and adequate sleep is most essential.
睡眠是你们需要的，所以不要让自己负载过重，充足的睡眠非常重要。
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One way to make sure we do not overtax the server we are hosting our application on is to limit the amount of memory used by any scripts executed by PHP.
确保托管应用程序的服务器不过载的一种方法是限制 PHP 执行的任何脚本使用的内存量。
No matter how strong your willpower muscle becomes, it's important to always respect the fact that it is limited, and if you overtax it you will temporarily run out of steam.
不管你的意志力有多么强大，都得接受这样一个事实，个人的意志力是有限的，如果你超负荷工作，也会暂时性地感到筋疲力尽。

These responses are perilous to a heart patient because they overtax an already ailing cardiovascular system.
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The roughly two dozen flights that come and go here each day don't overtax the current facility.
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It may deter private investment, because investors fear the government will overtax their profits to repay its creditors.
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(MONEY) to demand too much tax from someone or to put too much tax on goods
(DIFFICULTY) to cause to feel tired or confused as a result of doing too much or doing something too difficult

If you overtax someone or something, you force them to work harder than they can really manage, and may do them harm as a result.
If you say that a government is overtaxing its people, you mean that it is making them pay more tax than you think they should pay.