overrunning

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If an army or an armed force overruns a place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly. 迅速占領(lǐng)
A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the northern suburbs. 一群叛亂分子迅速占領(lǐng)了港口地區(qū)及絕大部分北部郊區(qū)。
2. ADJ If you say that a place is overrun with things that you consider undesirable, you mean that there are a large number of them there. 泛濫成災(zāi)的[v-link ADJ]
The hotel has been ordered to close because it is overrun by mice and rats. 這家旅館因為到處都是老鼠，已經(jīng)被勒令關(guān)閉。
3. V-T/V-I If costs overrun, they are higher than was planned or expected. (費用) 超支[商業(yè)]
We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance joint weapons whose costs always overrun hugely. 我們應(yīng)該制止納稅人設(shè)法資助費用總是大大超支的聯(lián)合武器開發(fā)的這種胡鬧。
Costs overran the budget by about 30%. 花費超出了預(yù)算約30％。
4. N-COUNT Overrun is also a noun. 超支
5. V-I If an event or meeting overruns by, for example, ten minutes, it continues for ten minutes longer than it was intended to. 超時[英國英語]