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单词 overstay
释义
overstayo‧ver‧stay /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
overstay
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyoverstay
he, she, itoverstays
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyoverstayed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave overstayed
he, she, ithas overstayed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad overstayed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill overstay
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have overstayed
Continuous Form
PresentIam overstaying
he, she, itis overstaying
you, we, theyare overstaying
PastI, he, she, itwas overstaying
you, we, theywere overstaying
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been overstaying
he, she, ithas been overstaying
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been overstaying
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be overstaying
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been overstaying
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The INS is looking for tourists who have overstayed their visas.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As the absent soldiers who had overstayed their leave mostly came from Ireland, he felt it wasn't his fault.
  • I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.
  • I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours.
  • It would be senseless to overstay their welcome.
  • New passports were supplied to people who had overstayed their permission to stay in Britain.
  • Of these the two largest groups were those who had overstayed their visas and those who entered the country illegally.
  • Some parts of her book overstay their welcome.
  • They overstay their time, but may not be genuine non-returners.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto stay somewhere too long
to visit or stay with someone for too long, so that they wish you would go: · Isn't it time your friends left? They've outstayed their welcome a bit.· She was so worried about overstaying her welcome that she left after only one night.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=stay longer than you are allowed to)· Two women in the group had overstayed their visas.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.· It would be senseless to overstay their welcome.· Some parts of her book overstay their welcome.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome.
  • I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.
  • I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours.
  • It would be senseless to overstay their welcome.
  • Some parts of her book overstay their welcome.
  • We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.
to stay somewhere longer than you are allowed to SYN  outstay:  They overstayed their visas and were arrested. overstay your welcome at welcome4(3)
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