overruns

英 [ˌəʊvəˈrʌnz]

美 [ˌoʊvəˈrʌnz]

v.  泛滥; 横行; 肆虐; 多用(时间、钱财等); 超时
overrun的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （迅速）侵占，占领
  If an army or an armed forceoverrunsa place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly.
  1. A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the northern suburbs...
     一群叛乱分子迅速占领了港口地区和大部分城北郊区。
  2. The centre of New Delhi was overrun by an armed mob which attacked government buildings.
     新德里市中心被一群袭击政府大楼的武装暴徒控制了。
• ADJ-GRADED 横行的；泛滥的；肆虐的
  If you say that a place isoverrun withthings that you consider undesirable, you mean that there are a large number of them there.
  1. The flower beds were overrun with grasses...
     花坛里杂草横生。
  2. The Hotel has been ordered to close because it is overrun by mice and rats...
     由于老鼠泛滥成灾，该旅馆被勒令关闭。
  3. Padua and Vicenza are prosperous, well-preserved cities, not overrun by tourists.
     帕多瓦和维琴察两市商业繁荣，建筑古迹保存良好，也没有蜂拥而至的游客。
• VERB 超过时限
  If an event or meetingoverrunsby, for example, ten minutes, it continues for ten minutes longer than it was intended to.
  1. Tuesday's lunch overran by three-quarters of an hour...
     星期二的午餐超时了45分钟。
  2. The talks overran their allotted time.
     会谈超过了他们的预定时间。
• VERB （费用等）超支，超出预算
  If costsoverrun, they are higher than was planned or expected.
  1. We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance new weapons whose costs always overrun hugely...
     新武器研发的费用总是大大超支，却还要试图让纳税人出钱资助，我们应该制止这一荒谬至极的行为。
  2. Costs overran the budget by about 30%.
     开支超出预算将近30%。
  3. Overrunis also a noun.
     
  4. He was stunned to discover cost overruns of at least $1 billion.
     他震惊地发现花费至少超了10亿美元。

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