词汇 | go into overdrive |
释义 | Idiom go into overdrive to start working very hard, or to start doing something in an excited way.With her exams only two weeks away, she's gone into overdrive and is studying ten hours a day.The tabloid press went into overdrive at the news that the princess was getting married again. go into overdriveTo start working very hard or quickly. When the publishing deadline was moved up a week, we had to go into overdrive to get all of the articles done on time. go into overdriveCOMMON If someone or something goes into overdrive, they begin to work very hard or become very active. When the wedding was announced, the media went into overdrive. My imagination went into overdrive. I tried to make new dishes, not from recipe books but from books about wild plants. Note: You can also say that someone or something is in overdrive. The campaign is in overdrive now with the candidates travelling the nation in a final push for votes. Note: Overdrive is an extra gear on some vehicles, which enables them to go faster than they can with ordinary gears. go, etc. into ˈoverdrivebegin to work much harder, increase production, etc: Production at the factory has shifted into overdrive in an attempt to meet the new orders on time. Overdrive is an extra high gear in a vehicle, that you use when you are driving at high speeds. |
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