Overwork

工作過勞（overwork）而犧牲了健康，甚至性命，實在不值得。有健康有性命才可以陪伴家人。政府除了規管最低工資，亦應盡快規管最高工時。

「過勞猝死」英文可以用sudden death from overwork。「過勞」即是「過度勞累、過度工作」，所以英文用overwork。例如，Japan has struggled with death from overwork for many years.（日本多年來一直面對過勞死的問題。）It is very difficult to prove that a person died due to overwork.（很難證明一個人因過度勞累而死亡。）

Overwork除了用作名詞，也可以用作動詞。例句︰You have to do something to alleviate the situation; you've been overworking for months already.（你必須想辦法緩解這種情況，你已經過勞工作好幾個月了。）A good company does not overwork its employees.（好的公司不會讓員工工作過勞。）

Overwork變成過去分詞（past participle）overworked，可以用作形容詞。例如，After the children have left for school, the overworked mother can finally have a break.（孩子上學後，勞累過度的媽媽終於可以休息一下了。）

（本欄逢周三、五刊登）