overcrowding
美 [,ovɚ'kraʊdɪŋ]
- n. 過度擁擠；擠滿
- v. 過度擁擠（overcrowd的ing形式）；把…塞得過滿
助記提示
1、over- "too much, above normal" + crowd + -ing.
雙語例句
- 1. Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste.
- 人口過多使得城市的垃圾處理能力達到了極限。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels.
- 學生抗議大學宿舍過於擁擠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The government takes a cavalier attitude to the problems of prison overcrowding.
- 政府對監獄擁擠不堪的問題不聞不問。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions led to disease in the refugee camps.
- 過度擁擠和惡劣的衛生狀況導致難民營中出現疾病。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Overcrowding imposes mental strains.
- 過度擁擠使精神緊張.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》