overrunning

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If an army or an armed force overruns a place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly. 迅速占领
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及绝大部分北部郊区。
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. 泛滥成灾的[v-link ADJ]
The hotel has been ordered to close because it is overrun by mice and rats. 这家旅馆因为到处都是老鼠，已经被勒令关闭。
3. V-T/V-I If costs overrun, they are higher than was planned or expected. (费用) 超支[商业]
We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance joint weapons whose costs always overrun hugely. 我们应该制止纳税人设法资助费用总是大大超支的联合武器开发的这种胡闹。
Costs overran the budget by about 30%. 花费超出了预算约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. 超时[英国英语]