overrun

invadere, infestare

Diffondersi o riempire un luogo in gran numero, spesso causando problemi.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: be overrun with something (The garden was overrun with weeds.); be overrun by someone/something (The village was overrun by tourists.)

Sinonimi: infest, swarm over, invade

Espressioni comuni: overrun a garden, overrun a city, overrun with something

superare, sforare

Superare il tempo o la somma di denaro concordati.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: overrun by an amount (The project overran by two million pounds.)

Sinonimi: exceed, go beyond

Espressioni comuni: overrun a budget, overrun the schedule, overrun by something, meeting may overrun

oltrepassare, superare

Muoversi o estendersi oltre un bordo, un sostegno o un altro limite fisico.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: extend beyond, go beyond

Espressioni comuni: overrun a bearing, overrun the edge

sforamento

Superamento di un limite previsto, soprattutto di tempo o costo, oppure la quantità che lo supera.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: excess

Espressioni comuni: cost overrun, budget overrun, time overrun

area di sicurezza

Area piana e libera oltre la fine di una pista, dove può fermarsi un aereo che la supera.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: overrun area

Espressioni comuni: runway overrun, grass overrun, clear overrun