overdue

o·ver·due /ˌəʊvəˈdjuː◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈduː◂/ adjectiveadj

1 LATEnot done, paid, returned etc by the time expected 过期未完成的；过期未付的；过期未还的

an overdue gas bill

逾期未付的煤气账单

The library books are overdue.

图书馆的书过期未还。

The baby was a week overdue (=it was expected to be born a week ago).

宝宝超过预产期有一周了。

► see thesaurus at late

2 LATEsomething that is overdue should have happened or been done a long time ago 早该发生的；早该完成的；期待已久的

overdue for

He was overdue for a shave.

他早该刮胡子了。

We welcome this announcement and think it’s long overdue.

我们欢迎这个声明，并且对此期待已久。

Examples from the Corpus

overdue• Collette's baby is already two weeks overdue.• I must take these books back to the library - they're overdue.• The rent's three weeks overdue.• It is clear this system is out of control and that comprehensive reforms are long overdue.• Tea-time temptress Jenny Hanley: is a comeback overdue?• The National Governors' Association endorsed the final bill, and many governors praised the welfare changes as long overdue.• She has to deliver her disgracefully overdue copy to Outsider.• We would like to encourage you to participate in this exciting and overdue development.• These works are long overdue for revival in major surroundings and von Otter puts forth an impressive case for their exhumation.• overdue mortgage payments• Track renewals are also becoming overdue, with a succession of speed restrictions because of the condition of parts of the line.

long overdue• A statutory clarification of their status is long overdue.• A visit from Mrs Brocklebank was long overdue.• An all-out campaign to truly simplify the tax code, and answer basic small business riddles, is long overdue.• Mississippi, but by the fact that the partial payment on a grievous debt was so long overdue.• It was long overdue, but they were merely the first of several ecosocial Nobel Laureates.• We are long overdue for a complete overhaul of the mathematics curriculum at all levels.• The environmental movement is long overdue for some seri-ous soul searching and reconciliation with reality.• Then again, she was long overdue to write to her sister in Wisconsin.

From Longman Business Dictionary

overdueo·ver·due /ˌəʊvəˈdjuː◂ˌoʊvərˈduː◂/ adjectiveadjACCOUNTING

a payment that is overdue should have been made earlier

The payment is two weeks overdue.

Interest on overdue taxes will stay at 11%.

o·ver·due adjectiveadj

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