overdue

overdue

英 [əʊvə'djuː]
　　美 ['ovɚ'dʊ]

adj. 過期的；遲到的；未兌的

中文詞源：

overdue 過期的，逾期的

over-,超過，due,到期的。

例句：

1. I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother.
我將回傢看望母親，其實我早該回去瞭。

2. The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.
飛機晚點瞭,被壞天氣耽擱瞭.

3. His rent payment is overdue.
他的房租過期未付.

4. Teachers have joined a strike aimed at forcing the government to pay overdue salaries and allowances.
教師加入瞭旨在迫使政府支付拖欠薪水和津貼的罷工。

5. The two sisters apparently bashed each other up when their long overdue reconciliation turned sour.
顯然，這姐妹倆早就無法再互相遷就，索性廝打起來。