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overpopulated

US // (ˌəʊvəˈpɒpjʊˌleɪtɪd) //

人满为患,人口过剩,人口过多,人多势众

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having too many inhabitants for the available space or resources

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Examples

  • England, with her five or six millions, was not overpopulated by modern standards.

  • Its object is to bring over orphans and children of the poor from the overpopulated Dutch provinces.

  • When the cold and damp summer of 1845 brought the potato rot, the little, overpopulated island was facing dire want.

  • The slopes, as far as the judge's son could see on either hand, were like the warrens of an overpopulated rabbit world in hiding.

  • Despite the most careful terrace tillage, their country was much overpopulated.