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overcrowding
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈkraʊ.dɪŋ/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈkraʊ.dɪŋ/
a situation when a place contains too many people or things: 拥堵|超员|人数过多
Investment in the railway network would reduce overcrowding on the roads.在铁路上的投资可以减轻道路拥堵的问题。
They are building new classrooms to ease overcrowding.他们正在建新教室以缓解学生人数超员。
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Passengers will not accept overcrowding and delays.
Overcrowding, violence, and abuse are all part of the shocking state of juvenile justice systems.
The project promises to relieve overcrowding in schools.
We are trying to build our way out of overcrowding.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Too much and unnecessary
ado
be up to your neck (in something)idiom
bellyful
binge
carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
drown
gush
heavy-handed
hyper
immoderate
immoderately
inappeasable
infest
plenty
pleonasm
pleonastic
plethora
proliferation
unwarranted
weigh someone/something down
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