Overcrowding是什么意思？

Overcrowding

英[ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪŋ] 美[ˌoʊvərˈkraʊdɪŋ]

• n. 过度拥挤，挤满，人口过密，工业过分集中；
• v. 使过度拥挤(overcrowd的现在分词)，把…塞得太满；

例句

• Overcrowding is so bad that prisoners have to sleep in shifts, while others have to stand. 过度拥挤的现象十分严重，囚犯们不得不轮流睡觉，其他人则只能站着。
• Overcrowding imposes mental strains. 过度拥挤使精神紧张.
• Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions led to disease in the refugee camps. 过度拥挤和恶劣的卫生状况导致难民营中出现疾病。
• ...overcrowding and lack of facilities for patients. 病房过度拥挤，医疗设施不足
• Students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。
• The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels... 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。
• Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste... 人口过多使得城市的垃圾处理能力达到了极限。
• Overcrowding remains a large obstacle to improving conditions... 过分拥挤仍然是改善环境的一大障碍。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  过度拥挤；拥挤不堪
  If there is a problem of overcrowding, there are more people living in a place than it was designed for.
  例句
  Students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 ...overcrowding and lack of facilities for patients. 病房过度拥挤，医疗设施不足