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单词 overcrowding
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overcrowding
(vəʳkrdɪŋ )
uncountable noun
If there is a problem of overcrowding, there are more people living in a place than it was designed for.
Students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. [+ in]
...overcrowding and lack of facilities for patients.
Collocations:
ease overcrowding
Not only will this ease overcrowding on overworked public transport, it will also mean big savings for businesses, the report claims.
Times, Sunday Times
It would also help to cut the 4.3 billion annual cost of traffic jams and ease overcrowding on public transport.
Times, Sunday Times
But the message did little to ease overcrowding since they had nowhere to go with taxis limited and hotels full.
Times, Sunday Times
The aim would be to smooth demand between 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm to ease overcrowding on services.
The Sun
The move, accompanied by a 2 million upgrade of the vehicles, has allowed existing diesels on the line to 'cascade' around the rest of the northern network to ease overcrowding.
Times, Sunday Times
jail overcrowding
Hundreds of bail hostels are being opened in residential neighbourhoods without public consultation as part of moves to ease jail overcrowding.
Times, Sunday Times
His sentence has been halved and a further 18 days deducted as part of a scheme introduced last summer to ease jail overcrowding.
The Sun
He was found guilty and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but served only two days because of jail overcrowding.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite jail overcrowding across the country he has a 10ft by 6ft cell to himself.
The Sun
Ministers brought in the early release scheme two years ago because of jail overcrowding.
The Sun
overcrowding problem
That would solve the prison overcrowding problem.
The Sun
An unexpected surge of some 1,600 new prisoners sentenced by the courts this summer has strained the already acute overcrowding problem to breaking point.
Times, Sunday Times
The annex was added in 1951-52 to deal with a serious overcrowding problem.
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The acquisition of the convent buildings meant that, in theory at least, the immediate overcrowding problem was averted but there was still the issue of cost and fees.
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During the early years, the overcrowding problem, that has haunted the school for years, started to become clear, and it was decided that a second storey would be built.
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prison overcrowding
But the twin problems of prison overcrowding and mandated over-sentencing remain.
Times, Sunday Times
And, while on the subject of prison overcrowding, where will you put all these threats to national security if they are locked up?
The Sun
Plans to free the non-dangerous prisoners in an effort to ease prison overcrowding were set out two weeks ago.
Times, Sunday Times
Labour launched the initiative in a desperate bid to ease prison overcrowding.
The Sun
Then she could report her first career success by solving prison overcrowding.
ST
relieve overcrowding
In the short term, it sensibly focuses on what must be done immediately to relieve overcrowding.
Times, Sunday Times
The company said that it would relieve overcrowding by running the existing fleet more efficiently.
Times, Sunday Times
These high levels of investment are set to continue for at least six years as we double our investment in schemes designed to expand the railway and relieve overcrowding.
Times, Sunday Times
Students were taught at the original brick building until 1910, when a large new school was dedicated to relieve overcrowding.
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To relieve overcrowding at the elementary level, students from 5th grade to 8th grade attend middle school.
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serious overcrowding
The prison population rose from 20,000 to 50,000 without a matching increase in places, producing serious overcrowding.
Times, Sunday Times
The annex was added in 1951-52 to deal with a serious overcrowding problem.
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At the start of the 20th century, the school faced serious overcrowding, and an annex was added in 1909.
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severe overcrowding
It also regularly fails to provide enough carriages, resulting in severe overcrowding.
Times, Sunday Times
The company predicted severe overcrowding on many parts of the network after admitting that it had no budget for any large projects to add capacity.
Times, Sunday Times
It also creates severe overcrowding of the downtown jail.
Houston Chronicle
This problem has only arisen because of the complete mismanagement of our prison system resulting in severe overcrowding.
The Sun
We're staring at a housing crisis, with close to five million people on waiting lists and severe overcrowding in social and private housing.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 过度拥挤
Japanese: 超過密
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