overdue
adj. 過期的; 延誤的,遲到的; 未兌的; 早應完成的
If you say that a change or an event is overdue, you mean that you think it should have happened before now.
This debate is long overdue...
這場辯論早該進行了。
I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother.
我將回家看望母親,其實我早該回去了。
Overdue sums of money have not been paid, even though it is later than the date on which they should have been paid.
Teachers have joined a strike aimed at forcing the government to pay overdue salaries and allowances.
教師加入了旨在迫使政府支付拖欠薪水和津貼的罷工。
An overdue library book has not been returned to the library, even though the date on which it should have been returned has passed.
1. past due; not paid at the scheduled time;
The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.
女房東生氣了,因為房租過期未付.
No distress messages were received, and suspicion was only aroused when they became overdue.
我們沒有接到它們求援的訊號, 但因它們逾期很久猶未到達,這才引起了疑慮.
The library called in all overdue books.
圖書館要求把所有逾期未還的書收回.
Set up overdue AR collecting process and principle.
建立逾期賬款催收程式,制訂賬款催收原則.
" This is long overdue, " Air Chief Marshal Naik said. " This should have done much earlier. "
“ 印度早就應該這樣做, ” 奈克上將說. “ 我們很早就該開始. ”