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		Definition of overdue in English: overdueadjective əʊvəˈdjuːˌoʊvərˈd(j)u 1Not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected time. 迟到的;延误的  the rent was nearly three months overdue 房租已逾期几乎三个月了。 Example sentencesExamples -  All I'm saying is that we're 7 years overdue for skinny ties and narrow lapels.
 -  The refurbishment of the town hall in Naas, now three months overdue, is expected to cost in the region of half a million Euro.
 -  The train to Central City had yet arrive and was overdue.
 -  I note that the bill itself is well over a year overdue, since the date of the Stockholm agreement, yet nowhere in the bill does it actually state what the exportation of those certain goods are.
 -  The amenities have not materialised and are now long overdue and residents are becoming uneasy about when they arrive.
 -  But I do have a mountain of overdue schoolwork to do
 -  This resignation was, I believe, widely expected and arguably long overdue.
 -  The goalie finally received his overdue medal during the first week of the games.
 -  In the late 1860s Whitman received overdue recognition in America as the early reactions to his radical style began to fade.
 -  But when the masterpiece arrives, 37 years overdue, can it live up to its own myth?
 
 Synonyms late, not on time, behind schedule, behindhand, behind time, long-overdue, long-delayed, delayed, belated, tardy, unpunctual unpaid, unsettled, owing, owed, to be paid, payable, receivable, due, outstanding, undischarged, in arrears, in the red North American delinquent, past due - 1.1 (of a woman) not having had a menstrual period at the expected time.
(妇女)未如期行经的  I was already a week-and-a-half overdue 我的月经已晚了一周半了。 Example sentencesExamples -  I'm about three weeks overdue for my monthly snuffles, I reckon.
 
  - 1.2 (of a baby) not having been born by the expected time.
(妇女)未如期行经的  our daughter was six days overdue 我们女儿的预产期已过了六天。 Example sentencesExamples -  Given that I have only 5 weeks of maternity leave, having the baby come even a week overdue could be a real drag.
 -  It was thirteen years ago today that Lauren said: this baby is overdue, overdue, we might have to try castor oil now!
 -  In due course, the drug worked and the amazing little baby even went a week overdue.
 -  Still, the other girl's baby wasn't overdue so it appears to be the luck of the draw no matter what way you give birth.
 -  We picked up our Chinese takeaways and raced home in time for the arrival of the baby - who was overdue in the end anyway.
 -  She was born two weeks overdue at 10.08 am on January 29.
 -  Rachel couldn't wait for her second baby when she was eight days overdue, but little did she know that 30 minutes after having a bath she would be giving birth in the back of her partner's Ford Escort.
 -  Janelle, who is just 5ft 1in tall, went into labour when the baby was 12 days overdue.
 -  He wants desperately to be at the birth but the baby was four days overdue when he had to come to York for the UK event.
 -  I enjoyed my three supposedly overdue weeks, and my instinct was always that my baby was thriving.
 -  The situation is placing an additional strain on the 20-year-old, whose baby is now one week overdue.
 
  - 1.3 (of a library book) retained longer than the period allowed.
(图书馆的书)逾期未还的 Example sentencesExamples -  Rodney goes to Ireland to find an overdue library book.
 -  As I sat on the bus to university this night (late night mission to return some very overdue library books), I realised that I have a rule.
 -  He says from now on they will not have to pay fines on their overdue library books, they cannot be arrested for being drunk and disorderly and they get free parking.
 -  There is a slight sting in the tale for borrowers of library books that are overdue, however.
 -  I'll be returning those overdue library books sharpish.
 
  
 2Having been needed for some time. 早该有的 早就应该改革了。 Example sentencesExamples -  Back over a more suitable distance tomorrow, he can gain an overdue success in the hands of Tom Greenall.
 -  The three rest camps in Etosha are overdue for basic maintenance.
 -  These studies are overdue and of importance to our discipline if we are to be able to understand the significance and the role such awards play in our cultural development.
 -  Many critics are saying troop withdrawal is already overdue.
 -  "Creating a network specifically for the LGBT community is something we've wanted to do for a long, long time, and it's an idea we feel is overdue," says the network's chairman.
 -  That mediocre, built-on-the-cheap excuse for a bypass is overdue for an upgrade.
 -  Despite the financial uncertainty at the club, a contract offer seems overdue.
 -  The Legislature has been considering an overdue pay raise for judges all year.
 -  The nuclear family paradigm is well overdue for an overhaul.
 -  Restructuring or increased regulation of the industry might be overdue.
 -  It had been almost 10 years, so Barry was overdue for a visit.
 -  The time is overdue for public outrage at the crimes being committed in the name of criminal justice.
 -  Baillie's recent return to the form he showed in his youth is overdue.
 -  This is a reform that is well overdue.
 -  Okay, that wage increase for home health workers was overdue.
 -  Change is overdue to the framework within which the international community approaches Burma.
 
 - 2.1 Having deserved or needed something for some time.
早该有的  she was overdue for some leave 她早该享受假期了。 Example sentencesExamples -  Action to address this problem is long overdue.
 -  I, for one, believe numerology is long overdue for a revival.
 -  It seems to me that a rethink of educational policy in the way pupils are taught and the subjects they learn at school is long overdue.
 -  Bermuda's taxi drivers haven't had a fare increase since 1997, making them long overdue for an inflation-linked one even in the absence of any improvement in service.
 -  We're long overdue for something like that to happen.
 -  Regardless, council agreed, making an effort to fight the problem is long overdue.
 -  The spokesman said that Mr Byers admitted there were problems with the present formula and that change was long overdue.
 -  A wind of change began blowing through the club earlier this year when members realised the premises were long overdue for refurbishment and the institution itself needed a fresher image.
 -  This is a terrifically fun, raw and guts-forward record that was way overdue for a larger audience.
 -  This Toronto-born singer/pianist is way overdue for the big time.
 -  The need for consideration of the issue of truth in public and parliamentary discourse within democracies has been long overdue for re-examination.
 -  Our 11 o'clock drinking curfew is antiquated and overdue for reform.
 -  This whole area is well overdue for public scrutiny and systematic reform.
 -  This arcane system is now well overdue for reform.
 -  The opening of any new playground or the development of designated play areas for children is long overdue and something to be welcomed wholeheartedly.
 -  And on top of that, the economy itself was long overdue for a recovery almost regardless of what the government was going to do.
 -  A hardened approach to this problem is long overdue, but it must have teeth.
 -  The international laws that served us in the aftermath of the Second World War are overdue for reform.
 -  We're overdue for a rethinking of the United Nations in general, from top to bottom, including its underlying principles.
 -  On Saturday I had a seriously overdue haircut, and changed the style a little bit
 
  
    Definition of overdue in US English: overdueadjectiveˌoʊvərˈd(j)uˌōvərˈd(y)o͞o 1Not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected time. 迟到的;延误的  the rent was nearly three months overdue 房租已逾期几乎三个月了。 Example sentencesExamples -  But when the masterpiece arrives, 37 years overdue, can it live up to its own myth?
 -  All I'm saying is that we're 7 years overdue for skinny ties and narrow lapels.
 -  The train to Central City had yet arrive and was overdue.
 -  I note that the bill itself is well over a year overdue, since the date of the Stockholm agreement, yet nowhere in the bill does it actually state what the exportation of those certain goods are.
 -  But I do have a mountain of overdue schoolwork to do
 -  In the late 1860s Whitman received overdue recognition in America as the early reactions to his radical style began to fade.
 -  The refurbishment of the town hall in Naas, now three months overdue, is expected to cost in the region of half a million Euro.
 -  The goalie finally received his overdue medal during the first week of the games.
 -  The amenities have not materialised and are now long overdue and residents are becoming uneasy about when they arrive.
 -  This resignation was, I believe, widely expected and arguably long overdue.
 
 Synonyms late, not on time, behind schedule, behindhand, behind time, long-overdue, long-delayed, delayed, belated, tardy, unpunctual unpaid, unsettled, owing, owed, to be paid, payable, receivable, due, outstanding, undischarged, in arrears, in the red - 1.1 (of a woman) having gone beyond the expected time for a menstrual period.
Example sentencesExamples -  I'm about three weeks overdue for my monthly snuffles, I reckon.
 
  - 1.2 (of a baby) not having been born by the expected time.
(妇女)未如期行经的  our daughter was six days overdue 我们女儿的预产期已过了六天。 Example sentencesExamples -  Still, the other girl's baby wasn't overdue so it appears to be the luck of the draw no matter what way you give birth.
 -  He wants desperately to be at the birth but the baby was four days overdue when he had to come to York for the UK event.
 -  We picked up our Chinese takeaways and raced home in time for the arrival of the baby - who was overdue in the end anyway.
 -  She was born two weeks overdue at 10.08 am on January 29.
 -  Rachel couldn't wait for her second baby when she was eight days overdue, but little did she know that 30 minutes after having a bath she would be giving birth in the back of her partner's Ford Escort.
 -  It was thirteen years ago today that Lauren said: this baby is overdue, overdue, we might have to try castor oil now!
 -  Given that I have only 5 weeks of maternity leave, having the baby come even a week overdue could be a real drag.
 -  Janelle, who is just 5ft 1in tall, went into labour when the baby was 12 days overdue.
 -  In due course, the drug worked and the amazing little baby even went a week overdue.
 -  The situation is placing an additional strain on the 20-year-old, whose baby is now one week overdue.
 -  I enjoyed my three supposedly overdue weeks, and my instinct was always that my baby was thriving.
 
  - 1.3 (of a library book) retained longer than the period allowed.
(图书馆的书)逾期未还的 Example sentencesExamples -  As I sat on the bus to university this night (late night mission to return some very overdue library books), I realised that I have a rule.
 -  I'll be returning those overdue library books sharpish.
 -  There is a slight sting in the tale for borrowers of library books that are overdue, however.
 -  He says from now on they will not have to pay fines on their overdue library books, they cannot be arrested for being drunk and disorderly and they get free parking.
 -  Rodney goes to Ireland to find an overdue library book.
 
  
 2Having been needed for some time. 早该有的 早就应该改革了。 Example sentencesExamples -  "Creating a network specifically for the LGBT community is something we've wanted to do for a long, long time, and it's an idea we feel is overdue," says the network's chairman.
 -  This is a reform that is well overdue.
 -  Change is overdue to the framework within which the international community approaches Burma.
 -  It had been almost 10 years, so Barry was overdue for a visit.
 -  The time is overdue for public outrage at the crimes being committed in the name of criminal justice.
 -  Okay, that wage increase for home health workers was overdue.
 -  That mediocre, built-on-the-cheap excuse for a bypass is overdue for an upgrade.
 -  The three rest camps in Etosha are overdue for basic maintenance.
 -  The Legislature has been considering an overdue pay raise for judges all year.
 -  The nuclear family paradigm is well overdue for an overhaul.
 -  Baillie's recent return to the form he showed in his youth is overdue.
 -  Restructuring or increased regulation of the industry might be overdue.
 -  Despite the financial uncertainty at the club, a contract offer seems overdue.
 -  These studies are overdue and of importance to our discipline if we are to be able to understand the significance and the role such awards play in our cultural development.
 -  Back over a more suitable distance tomorrow, he can gain an overdue success in the hands of Tom Greenall.
 -  Many critics are saying troop withdrawal is already overdue.
 
 - 2.1 Having deserved or needed something for some time.
早该有的  she was overdue for some leave 她早该享受假期了。 Example sentencesExamples -  The need for consideration of the issue of truth in public and parliamentary discourse within democracies has been long overdue for re-examination.
 -  And on top of that, the economy itself was long overdue for a recovery almost regardless of what the government was going to do.
 -  We're long overdue for something like that to happen.
 -  Bermuda's taxi drivers haven't had a fare increase since 1997, making them long overdue for an inflation-linked one even in the absence of any improvement in service.
 -  This whole area is well overdue for public scrutiny and systematic reform.
 -  A wind of change began blowing through the club earlier this year when members realised the premises were long overdue for refurbishment and the institution itself needed a fresher image.
 -  This is a terrifically fun, raw and guts-forward record that was way overdue for a larger audience.
 -  The spokesman said that Mr Byers admitted there were problems with the present formula and that change was long overdue.
 -  Action to address this problem is long overdue.
 -  Regardless, council agreed, making an effort to fight the problem is long overdue.
 -  On Saturday I had a seriously overdue haircut, and changed the style a little bit
 -  Our 11 o'clock drinking curfew is antiquated and overdue for reform.
 -  I, for one, believe numerology is long overdue for a revival.
 -  This Toronto-born singer/pianist is way overdue for the big time.
 -  The opening of any new playground or the development of designated play areas for children is long overdue and something to be welcomed wholeheartedly.
 -  The international laws that served us in the aftermath of the Second World War are overdue for reform.
 -  We're overdue for a rethinking of the United Nations in general, from top to bottom, including its underlying principles.
 -  A hardened approach to this problem is long overdue, but it must have teeth.
 -  This arcane system is now well overdue for reform.
 -  It seems to me that a rethink of educational policy in the way pupils are taught and the subjects they learn at school is long overdue.
 
  
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