overtaxes

英 [ˌəʊvəˈtæksɪz]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈtæksɪz]

v.  使用过度; (使)超负荷工作; (对人或机构)课税过重，多收税款
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 使负担过重；使超负荷工作；过度使用
  If youovertaxsomeone or something, you force them to work harder than they can really manage, and may do them harm as a result.
  1. ...a contralto who has overtaxed her voice.
     用嗓过度的女低音
• VERB 对…征税过重
  If you say that a governmentis overtaxingits people, you mean that it is making them pay more tax than you think they should pay.
  1. You can't help Britain by overtaxing its people.
     向国民过重课税对英国于事无补。