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单词 overdue
释义
overdue
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈdʒuː/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈduː/
not done orhappeningwhenexpectedor whenneeded; late:
过期的；延误的；迟的
Mylibrarybooksare aweekoverdue.我借图书馆的书过期一个星期了。
Thebabyis twoweeksoverdue(= thebabywasexpectedto beborntwoweeksago).预产期已经过两周了。
Changes to thetaxsystemarelongoverdue.税收制度早该改革了。
Shefeelsshe's overdueforpromotion.她觉得她早该被提升了。
Synonym
late(AFTER EXPECTED TIME)
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  • behindhand
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  • late adopter
  • late developer
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(Definition ofoverduefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overdue| American Dictionary

overdue
adjective
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈdu/
not done orhappeningwhenexpectedor whenneeded; late:
Shefeelsshe’s overdue for apromotion.
(Definition ofoverduefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

overdue| Business English

overdue
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈdjuː/us
/ˌəʊvərˈduː/
FINANCE,ACCOUNTING
notpaidontime:
overdue payment/fee/billWe need tocollectany overduepayments.
overdue loan/debtThecompanyroutinelytakesmoneyoffwagestocollecton overduedebts.
Thenumberofoverdueaccountsclimbedto 3.93% in the secondquarter.
a week/month, etc. overdueTheagentshad a hardtimegettingpeopletopaybillsthat were sixmonthsoverdue.
if something is overdue, it should have alreadyhappenedor been done:
Changes to thetaxsystemarelongoverdue.
Shefeelsshe'soverdue forpromotion.
(Definition ofoverduefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverdue

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This formal acknowledgement of informal carers as principal providers of support was seen as a recognition that was somewhatoverdue.
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The action is or could soon becomeoverdue.
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An engendered rebalancing of the scales is longoverdueand critically important to the trajectory of the discipline.
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First, note that shepard's approach points the way to a longoverduetask: to compile what can be considered evolutionary constraints on perception.
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By the 1980s and 1990s, with post-structuralism on the march throughout the historical world, a more encompassing analysis of anti-communism wasoverdue.
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A popular book on language death has been longoverdue.
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For some soils, a review of the justification for all operations in preparing soils isoverdue.
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The appearance of this longoverduebook will significantly improve the situation.
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This particular aspect of the book is both welcome andoverdue.
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Given the burgeoning knowledge of these ecosystems provided by advances in techniques and increased accessibility to ice-covered seas, such a treatment is longoverdue.
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In my opinion, that is a longoverdue, positive change in archaeology.
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However, a reassessment of how and why this came to be so isoverdue.
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This new edition is therefore most welcome and, some might say,overdue.
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But to others it marks a longoverduecorrection in the resetting of global healthcare priorities.
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In fact, we think that discussion is longoverdue.
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