Word · Frequency #14156
overrun
超时;超出预定时间
核心释义
常指会议、节目等超过预计时间
To continue for too long, especially a meeting or event exceeding its scheduled time.
- 1.
大批涌入并彻底占领
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
- 2.
泛滥;大批出没
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
- 3.
跑过;超出
To run past; to run beyond.
- 4.
延续过久;超时
To continue for too long.
- 5.
把(排印文字)移入相邻行
To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
- 6.
超出;越过
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
- 7.
踩踏;欺压
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
占领;攻占;蔓延;遍布;泛滥;超过;超出;越过;移行;转页;欺压;蹂躏
用法In use
The project overran its budget by 20%.
用法提示:动词过去式,表示超出(限制、数量)。
The stadium was overrun with fans after the match.
用法提示:动词被动语态,表示被(人或物)占满、超出容量。
The meeting always overruns its scheduled time.
用法提示:动词第三人称单数,表示超出(时间限制)。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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’。
语境与语域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。
语法说明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’。
发音与拼写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。
用法优先级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。
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