overbuild
/ˌəʊvəˈbɪld/verb
(past and past participle -built /-ˈbɪlt/)with obj.
1
- put up too many buildings in (an area)在(某地区)超额建房:
investors overbuilt the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.
投资者们在大西洋和地中海沿岸建房过多。
1.1
- build too many过多建造:
to overbuild hotels would destroy the setting.
过多建造旅店会破坏环境。
1.2
- build (something) elaborately or to a very high standard, especially unnecessarily过于精心地建造; (尤指不必要地)高标准建造:
overbuilding something will always be safer than taking short cuts.
过于精心打造总比投机取巧安全。
2
- often as noun overbuilding build on top of在…上面建造:
the preservation of the medieval field pattern by direct overbuilding.
用直接在上面建造的方法保存中世纪的田野格局。