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Overdue Long Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Happened Paid Book Returned

The word "overdue" is an adjective that describes something that has not happened or been paid by the expected time. This can apply to payments, library books, or even events that should have occurred sooner.

The word "overdue" is an adjective that describes something that has not happened or been paid by the expected time. This can apply to payments, library books, or even events that should have occurred sooner.

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overdue ★☆☆☆☆
/o͟ʊvə(r)dju͟ː, -du͟ː/
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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](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.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • 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 ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈduː / adjective 1 not 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。 2 that 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 ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈduː /
    LDC
    overdueo‧ver‧due /ˌəʊvəˈdjuː◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈduː◂/ ●○○ adjective
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    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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    overdue

    [ˌəʊvəˈdju:]

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    Spoken:

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    过期的(49%),迟到的(42%),未兑的(9%)
    adj.过期的;迟到的;未兑的

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