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overcrowding [ˌoʊvərˈkraʊdɪŋ]

n. 过度拥挤; 挤满; 人口过密; 工业过分集中;
v. 使过度拥挤(overcrowd的现在分词); 把…塞得太满;

例句:

  • Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste.
    人口过多使得城市的垃圾处理能力达到了极限。
  • The union prepares national industrial action against overcrowding...in the jails.
    来自Guardian
  • Preliminary report suggests asphyxiation owing to overcrowding as cause.
    来自BBC
  • The government takes a cavalier attitude to the problems of prison overcrowding.
    政府对监狱拥挤不堪的问题不闻不问。
  • Students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels.
    学生抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。
  • The shortage of shopping times for working people...causes overcrowding.
    来自Listener