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overdue adj.过期的；未兑的；迟到的 (1) 现在它们过期了,我不得不付罚款。(2) 图书馆要求把所有逾期未还的书收回。(3) 付款期已超过四天了。(4) 贵公司的应付款项总计已过期6个月。(5) 立法方面的改革早该进行。(6) 迟付的60美元，请速予寄下为荷。 Overdue literally means "past the due date." Bills that aren't paid on time are overdue. So are library books not returned or renewed by the date specified by the library. However, some things that are overdue don't have a particular date associated with them. Instead, it is up to subjective perception: if it seems "too long" then something may be considered overdue, like an overdue visit from a friend or a positive change that's overdue.

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英 [ˌəʊvə'djuː] 美 [ˌoʊvər'duː] (1) Now they are overdue and I shall have to pay a fine.(2) The library called in all overdue books.(3) Payment is now four days overdue.(4) Your payment is 6 months overdue in total.(5) Legislative reform is long overdue.(6) Please let us have your check for the$60 now past overdue. Something that's overdue should have happened or been dealt with a long time ago, like the long overdue recognition for the people who rescued motorists in last winter's big snowstorm. 1[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。2[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。3[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.

英语单词	overdue
英美音标	英 [ˌəʊvə'djuː] 美 [ˌoʊvər'duː]
中文释义	adj.过期的；未兑的；迟到的
英语例句	(1) Now they are overdue and I shall have to pay a fine. (2) The library called in all overdue books. (3) Payment is now four days overdue. (4) Your payment is 6 months overdue in total. (5) Legislative reform is long overdue. (6) Please let us have your check for the$60 now past overdue.
中文例句	(1) 现在它们过期了,我不得不付罚款。 (2) 图书馆要求把所有逾期未还的书收回。 (3) 付款期已超过四天了。 (4) 贵公司的应付款项总计已过期6个月。 (5) 立法方面的改革早该进行。 (6) 迟付的60美元，请速予寄下为荷。
vocabulary简明	Something that's overdue should have happened or been dealt with a long time ago, like the long overdue recognition for the people who rescued motorists in last winter's big snowstorm.
vocabulary扩展	Overdue literally means "past the due date." Bills that aren't paid on time are overdue. So are library books not returned or renewed by the date specified by the library. However, some things that are overdue don't have a particular date associated with them. Instead, it is up to subjective perception: if it seems "too long" then something may be considered overdue, like an overdue visit from a friend or a positive change that's overdue.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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.

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