overrun

はびこる、埋め尽くす

大量に広がって場所を占め、しばしば問題を引き起こす。

やさしい英語で： To spread through or fill a place in large numbers, often causing problems.

• Weeds overrun the garden every summer.
• Rats had overrun the empty building.
• The town is overrun with visitors during the festival.

使い方： be overrun with something (The garden was overrun with weeds.); be overrun by someone/something (The village was overrun by tourists.)

類義語： infest, swarm over, invade

よく使う表現： overrun a garden, overrun a city, overrun with something

超過する、超える

決められた時間や金額を超える。

やさしい英語で： To go beyond an agreed amount of time or money.

• The project may overrun its budget.
• Building costs overran the original estimate.
• The work has overrun the agreed schedule.

使い方： overrun by an amount (The project overran by two million pounds.)

類義語： exceed, go beyond

よく使う表現： overrun a budget, overrun the schedule, overrun by something, meeting may overrun

越える、突き出る

端や支えなどの物理的な境界を越えて進んだり、突き出たりする。

やさしい英語で： To move or reach beyond an edge, support, or other physical limit.

• The sliding part can overrun its bearing.
• The shaft overran its support during the test.
• A safety stop prevents the carriage from overrunning the track.

類義語： extend beyond, go beyond

よく使う表現： overrun a bearing, overrun the edge

超過

特に時間や費用が予定の限度を超えること、またはその超えた分。

やさしい英語で： An amount or instance of going beyond a planned limit, especially in time or cost.

• The project had a cost overrun.
• We need to explain the budget overrun.
• Repeated time overruns delayed the opening of the railway.

類義語： excess

よく使う表現： cost overrun, budget overrun, time overrun

過走帯

滑走路を行き過ぎた飛行機が止まれるよう、滑走路の先に設けた平坦な空き地。

やさしい英語で： A clear, flat area past a runway’s end where a plane can stop if it goes too far.

• The plane stopped in the overrun.
• Workers cleared stones from the grass overrun.
• The runway has a wide overrun beyond its eastern end.

類義語： overrun area

よく使う表現： runway overrun, grass overrun, clear overrun