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overpopulate

/oh-ver-pop-yuh-leyt/US // ˌoʊ vərˈpɒp yəˌleɪt //

人满为患,人口过剩,过度拥挤,人口过多

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·pop·u·lat·ed, o·ver·pop·u·lat·ing.

    • : to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.

Examples

  • Once the animal isn’t overpopulated, the calculus is different.

  • There are obviously areas where deer aren’t overpopulated, and you don’t do the landscape a favor by hunting them.

  • The question of why we age has produced a lot of false answers, such as, “We age because if we didn’t we would overpopulate the earth.”