overrun

英 [ˈəʊvərʌn , ˌəʊvəˈrʌn]

美 [ˈoʊvərʌn , ˌoʊvəˈrʌn]

v.  泛滥; 横行; 肆虐; 多用(时间、钱财等); 超时
n.  泛滥成灾; 超过限度

过去分词：overrun　现在分词：overrunning　复数：overruns　第三人称单数：overruns　过去式：overran　

IELTS计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.14156 / COCA.11253

牛津词典

verb

• 泛滥；横行；肆虐
  to fill or spread over an area quickly, especially in large numbers
  1. The house was completely overrun with mice.
     这房子简直成了老鼠的天下。
  2. Enemy soldiers had overrun the island.
     敌军士兵侵占了该岛。
• 多用（时间、钱财等）；超时
  to take more time or money than was intended
  1. Her lectures never overrun.
     她讲课从不拖堂。
  2. You've overrun your time by 10 minutes.
     你超时10分钟了。

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。

英英释义

noun

• too much production or more than expected
  Synonym:overproduction

verb

• run beyond or past
  1. The plane overran the runway
• seize the position of and defeat
  1. the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land
• invade in great numbers
  1. the roaches infested our kitchen
  Synonym:infest
• flow or run over (a limit or brim)
  Synonym:overflowwell overrun overbrim over
• occupy in large numbers or live on a host
  1. the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
  Synonym:invadeinfest

双语例句

• Poland regained its independence in1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II.
  波兰在1918年恢复独立，但在第二次世界大战中重新遭到德国和苏联的侵占。
• They were in Brussels, they had overrun Savoy, they had raided to Mayence;
  他们到了布鲁塞尔，他们占领了萨瓦，他们袭击了美因兹；
• The company overrun the time limit set to complete the factory.
  这家企业超过了本工厂限定完工的时间期限。
• The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
  罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。
• Hackers locate obscure software vulnerabilities which allow them to overrun the buffers with their own data.
  黑客定位模糊不清软件漏洞，使它们能够“越位”缓冲器与自己的数据。
• The boss will hit the ceiling when he finds that we've overrun the budget.
  如果老板发现我们超出预算，他会暴跳如雷的。
• Washington: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
  华盛顿州：救命呀！我们的蠢货和懒鬼已经泛滥成灾了！
• Can you save humanity from being overrun?
  你能拯救人类被侵占？
• 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。
• The army blockades were overrun.
  结果连军队的封锁也被破坏了。