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overextended /əʊvərɪkstendɪd; name oʊ-/ adjective [not usually before noun] (finance 金融) spending or borrowing more money than you can manage without risking problems 开支过大的；承担过大经济责任的◆consumers are seriously overextended. 消费者的借贷严重超过他们的偿还能力。◆overextended borrowers 超过自己偿还能力的借款人2.involved in more work or activities than you can manage 承担过多工作的◆many company managers are severely overextended. 许多公司经理的工作严重超负荷。◆the firm found itself overextended and unable to supply all its orders. 这家企业发现自己负荷过重，无法供应其所有订货。 ▸ overextend verb [transitive] : ◆the group overextended itself by purchasing a publishing company. 这个集团过度扩张，购买了一家出版公司。☞ overextended |