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overdrive

/verb oh-ver-drahyv; noun oh-ver-drahyv/US // verb ˌoʊ vərˈdraɪv; noun ˈoʊ vərˌdraɪv //

超速行驶,超速前进,超速运转,超速驾驶

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·drove, o·ver·driv·en, o·ver·driv·ing.

    • : to push or carry to excess; overwork.
    • : to drive too hard.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Machinery, Automotive. a device containing a gear set at such ratio and arrangement as to provide a drive shaft speed greater than the engine crankshaft speed.
    • : Informal. an intense state of activity or productivity: The political campaign has shifted into overdrive.

Examples

  • They also didn’t make enough of certain proteins that are vital for attacking viruses and keeping the immune response from dangerously going into overdrive.

  • The pandemic has put America’s shift into virtual community-making into overdrive.

  • Without care, they can trigger the immune system to go into overdrive—a dangerous condition that could result in serious problems.

  • With Wall back on court, Washington expects what was an already speedy offense to kick into overdrive.

  • When it goes into overdrive, the immune system can cause additional damage.

  • When I put their allegations to Epstein, he denied them and went into overdrive.

  • The Tea Party hate machine has gone into overdrive in South Carolina, so how has Lindsey Graham survived so comfortably?

  • Newspapers in the U.K. went into overdrive as they speculated about the likelihood of a fresh royal wedding.

  • The back and forth has sent the gossip blogs into overdrive.

  • The Palestinian Arab propaganda machine is in overdrive once again.

  • To overdrive the willingest troops any General ever had under his command is a sin—but we must go on fighting to-morrow!

  • There isn't a team in the country gets more grooming than those colts, and not a man has been known to overdrive them.

  • The distance was too short for even the briefest of overdrive hops, but it would take time to get there on solar-system drive.

  • A ship in overdrive feels exactly as if it were buried deep in the core of a planet.

  • A long time later Calhoun heard small sounds which were not normal on a Med Ship in overdrive.