Word · Frequency #14156
overrun
超时；超出预定时间
To continue for too long, especially a meeting or event exceeding its scheduled time.
常指会议、节目等超过预计时间
- 1.
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
大批涌入并彻底占领
- 2.
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
泛滥；大批出没
- 3.
To run past; to run beyond.
跑过；超出
- 4.
To continue for too long.
延续过久；超时
- 5.
To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
把(排印文字)移入相邻行
- 6.
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
超出；越过
- 7.
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
踩踏；欺压
占领；攻占；蔓延；遍布；泛滥；超过；超出；越过；移行；转页；欺压；蹂躏
In use
The project overran its budget by 20%.
The stadium was overrun with fans after the match.
The meeting always overruns its scheduled time.
overrun sth
作“攻占”解时，overrun 是及物动词，直接接地点或目标。
The army overran the enemy's positions.
军队攻占了敌人的阵地。
be overrun with sth
此义常用于被动结构，表示“被某物大量侵扰或遍布”。
The kitchen was overrun with ants.
厨房里爬满了蚂蚁。
overrun (by + duration)
表示“超时”时可单独使用，后接 by 加具体时长。
The meeting overran by ten minutes.
会议超出了预定时间十分钟。
Connections
Collocations
- be overrun with sth
- 被（害虫、杂草等）大量侵扰；布满
- The garden is overrun with weeds.花园里杂草丛生。
- overrun a country
- 攻占（某国）；占领（某国）
- The rebel army quickly overran the capital.叛军很快攻占了首都。
- overrun its banks
- （河水）漫过河岸；泛滥
- The river overran its banks after the heavy rain.大雨过后，河水漫过了河岸。
- overrun a budget
- 超出预算
- The project overran its budget by $10,000.这个项目超出了预算1万美元。
- overrun the allotted time
- 超过规定时间；超时
- The meeting overran the allotted time by fifteen minutes.会议超过了规定时间15分钟。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：over（越过）+run（跑），跑过了头——时间超时、敌人攻占、水漫泛滥，都像‘跑过头’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：meetings and schedules、military reports、pest or weed problems overrun 在不同搭配中语域不同：表示“超时”（如会议、节目）时比较中性、常用；表示“占领”或“蔓延”时多用于书面或正式描述。建议根据具体搭配选择。
Grammar Note
及物和不及物动词。常用被动语态，后接with或by表示‘充满’或‘被侵占’。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 overrun（/ˌəʊvəˈrʌn/）押韵，重读元音及后面辅音均为 /ʌn/：run、sun、gun、begun、outrun、rerun。注意 overran（/ˌəʊvəˈræn/）是 overrun 的过去式，拼写相近但发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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