overcrowding
noun[U]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈkraʊ.dɪŋ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈkraʊ.dɪŋ/asituationwhen aplacecontainstoo manypeopleor things:
拥堵；超员；人数过多Investment in therailwaynetworkwouldreduceovercrowding on theroads.在铁路上的投资可以减轻道路拥堵的问题。
They arebuildingnewclassroomstoeaseovercrowding.他们正在建新教室以缓解学生人数超员。
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- Passengers will notacceptovercrowding anddelays.
- Overcrowding,violence, andabuseare allpartof theshockingstateofjuvenilejusticesystems.
- Theprojectpromisestorelieveovercrowding inschools.
- We aretryingtobuildourway out of overcrowding.
Too much and unnecessary
- avalanche
- be up toyourneck (insomething)idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
- de trop
- drown
- gush
- hyper
- immoderate
- immoderately
- inessential
- insatiable
- overdose
- pleonasm
- pleonastic
- plethora
- proliferation
- redundancy
- weighsomeone/somethingdown