| 单词 | overpopulated |
| 释义 | overpopulated adjective uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈpɒp.jə.leɪ.tɪd/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈpɑː.pjə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/If acountryorcity, etc. is overpopulated, it has too manypeoplefor theamountoffood,materials, andspaceavailablethere. 人口过剩的Environmental issues
overpopulated| American Dictionaryoverpopulated adjective us/ˌoʊ·vərˈpɑp·jəˌleɪ·t̬ɪd/having too manypeopleoranimalsfor theamountoffood,materials, andspaceavailable overpopulationnoun[U]us/ˌoʊ·vərˌpɑp·jəˈleɪ·ʃən/ Examplesofoverpopulatedoverpopulated They are particularly rare in the difficult and notoverpopulatedfield of comparative urban history and this is an excellent example of the genre. From theCambridge English Corpus In the 1890s, people were deserting the countryside foroverpopulatedcities. From theCambridge English Corpus There they had the possibility to form an independent household earlier than would have been the case in theoverpopulatedrural districts. From theCambridge English Corpus The act of producing another fatherless child in this world doesn't seem like an obvious contribution toward promoting the general good or happiness on an alreadyoverpopulatedplanet. From theCambridge English Corpus Above all, the almost universal suboptimality of household farming in thisoverpopulatedsociety tends to retract various modernization benefits of large-scale collective farming such as mechanization and specialization. From theCambridge English Corpus In countries that are alreadyoverpopulatedrelative to usable capital and land, this marginal product is some fraction of the average annual product of labour, perhaps as low as one-third. From theCambridge English Corpus I submit that we have reached the limit in this island, and that we areoverpopulated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That in itself compels her to keep within the confines of the two islands, alreadyoverpopulated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that legislation will not be passed simply on the ground that our prisons areoverpopulated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Because they are relativelyoverpopulatedto-day, we would be allowed to send visitors to them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have simply taken the existing parliamentary constituencies, doubled the number, and made minor adjustments foroverpopulatedareas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot expect the impoverished people of the world in theiroverpopulatedcountries to bear an unfair burden. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As we know, in that sense, it is anoverpopulatedarea of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have said before and fundamentally believe that this country will beoverpopulatedby 15 million people by the end of this century. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We live on a small island which is fairlyoverpopulatedin some areas and there are inevitable pressures on our comparatively limited countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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