| 单词 | overrun |
| 释义 | overrun (oʊvəʳrʌn ) also over-run Word forms: overruns , overrunning , overran language note: The form overrun is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb. 1. verb If an army or an armed force overruns a place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly. A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the northern suburbs. [VERB noun] Synonyms: overwhelm, attack, assault, occupy 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you say that a place is overrun with or by things that you consider undesirable, you mean that there are a large number of them there. The flower beds were overrun with grasses. The Hotel has been ordered to close because it is overrun by mice and rats. [+ by] Padua and Vicenza are prosperous, well-preserved cities, not overrun by tourists. [+ by] 3. verb If an event or meeting overruns by, for example, ten minutes, it continues for ten minutes longer than it was intended to. Tuesday's lunch overran by three-quarters of an hour. [VERB + by] The talks overran their allotted time. [VERB noun] 4. verb If costs overrun, they are higher than was planned or expected. [business] The US developer took a $163m hit after costs overran at the wind farm. [VERB] Costs overran the budget by about 30%. [VERB noun] Synonyms: exceed, go beyond, surpass, overshoot Overrun is also a noun. He was stunned to discover cost overruns of at least $1 billion. [+ of] Collocations: budget overrun Illegal subcontracting, unjustifiable fees and inexplicable budget overruns contributed to a grim mix of apparent frauds. Times, Sunday Times Another 12 projects have had problems ranging from technical failings to budget overruns which have required bailouts from the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times Then it was spending watchdogs who criticised the organisation for budget overruns and management failures as a series of chief executives came and went. Times, Sunday Times Unit production was scheduled to begin in 1979, but engineering delays and budget overruns caused the assembly lines to start only in early 1981. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due to budget overruns that came up on several occasions, there were many suggestions to remove it from the original plan. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He methodically overran the city's outer works as he drove his siege parallels forward. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Soon he overran the city and frightened merchants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Gridlock, riots and looting overrun the cities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 迅速占领 Japanese: 一斉に侵略する |
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