1 N-UNCOUNT 加班；加班时间 Overtime is time that you spend doing your job in addition to your normal working hours. 加班；加班时间
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He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job.
他会为了完成工作无偿加班。
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Union leaders had urged miners to vote in favour of an overtime ban.
工会领导人呼吁矿工投票支持加班禁令。
2 PHRASE 投入全力；热情高涨 If you say that someone is working overtime to do something, you mean that they are using a lot of energy, effort, or enthusiasm trying to do it. 投入全力；热情高涨 [informal]
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We had to battle very hard and our defence worked overtime to keep us in the game.
我们不得不奋力搏杀；为保证我们不被淘汰出局，防守队员拼尽了全力。
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She works overtime with her vacuum cleaner to keep grit out of the kitchen.
她动用真空吸尘器力争不让厨房出现沙砾。
3 N-UNCOUNT （体育比赛中为决胜负而延长的）加时赛 Overtime is an additional period of time that is added to the end of a sports match in which the two teams are level, as a way of allowing one of the teams to win. （体育比赛中为决胜负而延长的）加时赛 [US]
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 extra time
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