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:
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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。
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The union prepares national industrial action against overcrowding...in the jails.
来自Guardian
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Preliminary report suggests asphyxiation owing to overcrowding as cause.
来自BBC
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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。
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Students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels.
学生抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。
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The shortage of shopping times for working people...causes overcrowding.
来自Listener