overheating

柯林斯词典

overheat /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/ (overheating,overheated,overheats)

• 1. V-T/V-I If something overheats or if you overheat it, it becomes hotter than is necessary or desirable. 使過熱; 變得過熱

  The engine was overheating and the car was not handling well. 引擎過熱，汽車運轉不正常。

• 2. overheatedADJ 過熱的

  ...that stuffy, overheated apartment. …那所令人窒息，悶熱難耐的公寓。

• 3. V-T/V-I If a country's economy overheats or if conditions overheat it, it grows so rapidly that inflation and interest rates rise very quickly. 使 (經濟) 過熱; (經濟) 過熱[商業]

  The private sector is increasing its spending so sharply that the economy is overheating. 私營經濟支出急劇地攀陞導致經濟過熱。

• 4. overheatedADJ 過熱的

  ...the disastrous consequences of an overheated market. …一個發展過熱市場的災難性後果。

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