To overuse something is to use it too much, so it stops working well or it gets hurt. You can overuse a joke until nobody laughs, overuse a word until it feels empty, overuse a medicine until it does not help, overuse your voice until it is sore.

To overuse something意思是把某個東西 is to use it too much用得太過頭, so it stops working well or it gets hurt結果它就失靈或受損。You can overuse a joke until nobody laughs你可以把一個笑話講到沒人笑, overuse a word until it feels empty把一個詞用到失去意義, overuse a medicine until it does not help把藥用到沒效, overuse your voice until it is sore把嗓子用到沙啞。

Doctors talk about overuse injuries — pain from doing the same movement again and again, like a wrist from too much typing.

Doctors talk about overuse injuries醫生會談到overuse injuries（過度使用傷害） — pain from doing the same movement again and again也就是一直重複同樣動作造成的疼痛, like a wrist from too much typing像打字打太多造成的手腕痛。

It is a verb: they overuse it. It is also a noun: the overuse of plastic, the overuse of antibiotics. The feeling is usually a warning, not a compliment.

It is a verb它是動詞: they overuse it像they overuse it（他們過度使用它）。It is also a noun它也是名詞: the overuse of plastic, the overuse of antibiotics像the overuse of plastic（塑膠的過度使用）、the overuse of antibiotics（抗生素的濫用）。The feeling is usually a warning, not a compliment語感通常是警告，而不是稱讚。

Though actually, people sometimes say overuse when they only mean use a lot, even if nothing is broken yet. The tighter idea is too much, and it costs you. The over- here is the too-much kind, not the through-the-season kind you get in overwinter.

Though actually不過其實, people sometimes say overuse有時候人們說overuse when they only mean use a lot其實只是想說「用很多」, even if nothing is broken yet即使什麼都還沒壞掉。The tighter idea is too much比較精確的意思是「太多了」, and it costs you而且會讓你付出代價。The over- here is the too-much kind這裡的over-是「過度」的那種, not the through-the-season kind you get in overwinter不是overwinter（過冬）裡那種「整個季節」的over-。