overtax

1. V-T 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. 使···工作過(guò)度

...a contralto who has overtaxed her voice. ...嗓子過(guò)度工作的一位女低音。

2. V-T 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. 對(duì)···課以重稅

You can't help a country by overtaxing its people. 你不能以對(duì)人民課以重稅的方式來(lái)幫助國(guó)家。