Overtax

(verb.) tax excessively; 'Don't overtax my constituents!'.

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• But his ambitious attempts to restore the ancient greatness of the empire probably overtaxed its resources. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• By the second and third centuries A.D. the overtaxed and overstrained imperial machine was already staggering towards its downfall. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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