o‧ver‧time / əʊvətaɪm $ oʊvər- / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 time that you spend working in your job in addition to your normal working hours :

six hours’ overtime

They’re working overtime to get the job finished.

He’s been doing a lot of overtime recently.

Many employees work countless hours of unpaid overtime .

Many of our offices will be working on overtime until the end of the year.

2 the money that you are paid for working more hours than usual :

He earns £450 a week, including overtime.

3 be working overtime informal to be very active :

As she put down the phone, her brain was working overtime.

His senses were working overtime.

4 American English a period of time added to the end of a sports game to give one of the two teams a chance to win 同义词 extra time British English

in overtime

Steve Smith scored all nine of the Hawks’ points in overtime.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

work overtime He’s been working a lot of overtime.

do overtime I did three hours overtime yesterday.

put in overtime (= work overtime ) To earn enough money, he puts in a lot of overtime.

形容词

paid/unpaid overtime Many teachers do a lot of unpaid overtime.

unlimited overtime They offered us a bonus and unlimited overtime.

overtime + NOUN

overtime pay/payments/earnings The salary figure does not include overtime pay. | If Joe worked 100 hours overtime at time and a half, his overtime payments would be $15,662.

overtime rates (= payments that are set according to a standard scale ) Generous overtime rates are paid for late-night and weekend work.