death from overwork
过劳死
我们来看一段英文报道：
Acute meningitis has claimed the life of a woman with a master's degree who had worked for Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) for 6 months, the accounting firm confirmed to Xinmin Evening News. Numerous netizens, however, doubt that the girl worked herself to death. She had not updated posts on twitter-like Sina Weibo since April 1. Her micro blog shows that she had complained of fatigue, a large workload, sitting up late and problems going to sleep during the past 4 months. The high level of work pressureexperienced by white-collar workers is worrying experts, although speculation of "death from overwork" for the young woman has not been confirmed.
据《新民晚报》报道，普华永道事务所证实，公司一入职半年的员工日前因急性脑膜炎身亡。不过，众多网友猜测这可能是一起"过劳死"。据悉，亡者为女硕士研究生，其新浪微博4月1日后停止更新。"围脖"显示，她从今年1月起不止一次透露很累很疲惫、工作很多、经常熬夜、缺睡眠。"过劳死"一说目前尚无定论，但白领的工作强度和健康状况着实令专家担忧。
【讲解】文中出现的"death from overwork"就是过劳死的意思，另外，从日语中借来的外来语"karoshi"也表示"过劳死"，一种"职业猝死"（occupational sudden death），过劳死的原因常常来自压力引起的"心脏病"（heart attack ）或者"中风"（stroke），也可能引起"急性脑膜炎"（Acute meningitis）。

• pressure [´preʃə] n.压榨 vt.对...施压力 (初中英语单词)
• fatigue [fə´ti:g] n.&vt.(使)疲劳(劳累) (高中英语单词)
• speculation [,spekju´leiʃən] n.思索，推测；投机 (高中英语单词)
• experienced [ik´spiəriənst] a.有经验的；熟练的 (英语四级单词)
• white-collar [wait´kɔlə] a.白领的 (英语四级单词)