[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](变化或事件)早该发生的 If you say that a change or an event is overdue, you mean that you think it should have happened before now.
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This debate is long overdue...
这场辩论早该进行了。
I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother.
我将回家看望母亲,其实我早该回去了。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](钱款)到期未付的,拖欠的Overdue sums of money have not been paid, even though it is later than the date on which they should have been paid.
Teachers have joined a strike aimed at forcing the government to pay overdue salaries and allowances.
教师加入了旨在迫使政府支付拖欠薪水和津贴的罢工。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](图书馆的书)逾期未还的 An overdue library book has not been returned to the library, even though the date on which it should have been returned has passed.
Oxford
over·due/ˌəʊvəˈdjuː; NAmEˌoʊvərˈduː/adjective1not paid, done, returned, etc. by the required or expected time (到期)未付的,未做的,未还的;过期的◆an overdue payment/library book逾期的付款;逾期未还的图书◆The rent is now overdue.现在房租已属拖欠。◆Her baby is two weeks overdue.她的胎儿已超过预产期两周了。◆This car is overdue for a service.这辆汽车早就该维修了。2that should have happened or been done before now 早该发生的;早应完成的◆overdue reforms迟来的改革◆A book like this is long overdue.像这样的书早就该有人出版了。over·due/ˌəʊvəˈdjuː; NAmEˌoʊvərˈduː/
1not done, paid, returned etc by the time expected: an overdue gas bill The library books are overdue. The baby was a week overdue (=it was expected to be born a week ago).► see thesaurus at
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2something that is overdue should have happened or been done a long time agooverdue for He was overdue for a shave. We welcome this announcement and think it’s long overdue.
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