1ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ](变化或事件)早该发生的 If you say that a change or an event is overdue, you mean that you think it should have happened before now. (变化或事件)早该发生的
This debate is long overdue.
这场辩论早该进行了。
I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother.
2ADJ-GRADED (钱款)到期未付的,拖欠的Overdue sums of money have not been paid, even though it is later than the date on which they should have been paid. (钱款)到期未付的,拖欠的
Teachers have joined a strike aimed at forcing the government to pay overdue salaries and allowances.
3ADJ-GRADED (图书馆的书)逾期未还的 An overdue library book has not been returned to the library, even though the date on which it should have been returned has passed. (图书馆的书)逾期未还的
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be過期▸➤become已過期ADVERB➤long早該發生的◇These reforms are long overdue.這些改革早就該實行了。PREPOSITION➤for早該⋯◇This system is overdue for reform.這項制度早就應該改革了。PHRASES➤months, weeks, years, etc. overdue逾期數月/數週/數年等◇These changes are years overdue.這些變化遲了多年才發生。