overrun

🇺🇸 /ˈəʊvərʌn/ 🇬🇧 /ˈəʊvərʌn/
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標籤 TOP10000
noun
R

when something uses more money or time than planned

The project finished late with a huge overrun in costs.

項目完成得晚,成本大大超支。

verb
R

to spread across or fill a place quickly and in large numbers

The city was overrun by tourists in the summer.

夏天,這座城市被遊客佔據。

R

to take up more time or money than was planned

We need to hurry; we're already starting to overrun our budget.

我們需要趕緊;我們的預算已經開始超支了。

translation

n. 超支
v. 氾濫, 超時

詞形變化

Past overran
Progressive overrunning
3rd Present overruns
Plural overruns