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Processed by: richwarm (2021-04-02 01:49:24 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 67823 - submitted by 'polaris' >>
1、相较而言,到贫困山区支教对于中国的志愿者们意味着一个全身心投入、奉献、消耗以至透支的过程,事业上几乎看不到上升的空间。
From https://cn.nytimes.com/letters/20130905/cc05letters-delta/

2、那封信没有详细说明她想退役的原因:过度训练让她体力透支
The note didn’t elaborate on her reasons: the burnout from excessive training
From https://cn.nytimes.com/sports/20130902/c02lina/dual/

3、但“花式广告”和故意设置障碍等方式,侵犯了消费者权益,透支了网站自身信誉,不利于付费模式良性发展。
From http://www.xinhuanet.com/2020-07/28/c_1126292943.htm
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Editor: This old entry is certainly in need of an update. Thanks for drawing attention to it!

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1) /(banking) to overdraw/to take out an overdraft/an overdraft/

銀行爭先恐後地要把錢借出去,間接助長了人們「不借白不借」的透支習性。
In their rush to extend loans to consumers, the banks have also indirectly fostered a much greater acceptance of the idea of borrowing among the public.

有人說,這是一個過度消費的時代;也有人說,這是一個嚴重透支的社會。的確,過度消費與嚴重透支的代價,已逐漸顯現。
We live in an age of runaway consumerism, in a society rife with debt. We are witnessing the specter of unbridled spending and debt raising its ugly head.

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2) /to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)/

消基會董事長吳忠吉發佈消息表示,員工薪資、加上出版消費者報導雜誌的支出,總共每月要透支約一百萬。
Consumers Foundation Chairman Wu Chung-chi stated at the time of the announcement that their expenditures (for staff salaries and publication of their consumer magazine) exceed revenues by NT$1 million per month.

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3) /(fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc)/

除非你狠下心來吃苦耐勞,否則像我們這種不是學徒出身、不是從小吃苦慣了的,根本沒辦法做。我是做一個禮拜就體力透支了。
That's not possible unless you can make the harsh choice to suffer and endure. We are not like apprentice workers, who are used to hard labor from childhood, so it's impossible for us to do it. If I did it for one week, I'd be completely exhausted.

不過連續3年的晝夜顛倒生活與體力透支,雖然改善了家境,卻也賠上多位家人的健康,
However, three long years of hectic round-the-clock life became too physically demanding. While the family's financial outlook improved, it did so at the expense of their health.

對於團員來說,舞技沒進展衍生的精神的累,比體能透支的累還難熬。
To the members of UndergraduEight, a lack of technical progress is the cause of mental fatigue, something far harder to overcome than mere physical tiredness.

曾與她共事過的思科市場部資深協理程文燕,則對媒體形容:「不管遇到什麼問題,從沒看她透支過,每天總是笑臉迎人。」

在松柏拉拉队奋力的加油声中,亦枫抖擞精神,一度又将比分追回来一些。可是紧接着,他的体力再次出现了透支,被坚石道馆的弟子一连串进攻下来,最终竟是以13:6的悬殊比分输掉了。

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4) /to damage a natural resource through overuse/

汪中和認為,目前最急迫的是將過去透支的水量彌補回來,
Wang Chung-ho believes the most pressing thing at the moment is to replenish the water that has been over-pumped.

眼見地下水透支20年後,失衡情況愈演愈烈,
Obviously after 20 years of over-use, the imbalance between surface water and groundwater is getting worse,

現代化的力量深入部落,使得南山的經濟條件比一般原住民村落好很多,但卻是由透支環境和犧牲族人健康的慘痛代價換來的,
"The force of modernization has deeply penetrated the village, allowing the economic situation to be much better than in most tribal villages," notes Lin. "But it has come at the price of damaging the environment and sacrificing the health of residents."
Diff:
- 透支 透支 [tou4 zhi1] /(bank) overdraft/
# + 透支 透支 [tou4 zhi1] /(bank) overdraft/overuse/
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+ 透支 透支 [tou4 zhi1] /(banking) to overdraw/to take out an overdraft/an overdraft/to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)/(old) to draw one's wage in advance/(fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc)/to damage a natural resource through overuse/
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