To overburden someone is to give them more work, worry, or problems than they can honestly carry.

To overburden someone讓某人overburden，就是 is to give them more work, worry, or problems than they can honestly carry給他們比他們真的能承受的更多的工作、煩惱，或問題。

You can overburden a person (a nurse with too many patients), a team, a school, or a whole system, such as a hospital or a court.

You can overburden a person你可以overburden一個人 (a nurse with too many patients像病人太多的護理師), a team一個團隊, a school一間學校, or a whole system或是整個系統, such as a hospital or a court像醫院或法院。

It sounds a little formal and a little heavy, which fits: a burden is a load you have to carry. People also use it as a noun in this same sense: the overburden of extra work.

It sounds a little formal and a little heavy它聽起來有點正式，也有點沉重, which fits這很符合：a burden is a load you have to carry因為burden本來就是你得扛著的重擔。People also use it as a noun大家也會把它當名詞用 in this same sense意思一樣: the overburden of extra work像the overburden of extra work（額外工作的過重負擔）。

Though actually, in mining, overburden is also the dirt and rock sitting on top of the coal or metal you want — a different picture, same idea of a load on top.

Though actually不過其實，in mining在採礦業裡, overburden is also the dirt and rock sitting on top of the coal or metal you wantoverburden還可以指蓋在你要的煤或金屬上面的泥土和岩石——a different picture, same idea of a load on top畫面不一樣，但一樣是壓在上面的重量這個概念。

In everyday English you will almost always hear the “too much work” sense.

In everyday English在日常英文裡, you will almost always hear the "too much work" sense你幾乎都只會聽到『工作太多』這個意思。