overbook

verb

🔊/ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/

🔊/ˌəʊvərˈbʊk/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they overbook	🔊/ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈbʊk/
he / she / it overbooks	🔊/ˌəʊvəˈbʊks/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈbʊks/
past simple overbooked	🔊/ˌəʊvəˈbʊkt/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈbʊkt/
past participle overbooked	🔊/ˌəʊvəˈbʊkt/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈbʊkt/
-ing form overbooking	🔊/ˌəʊvəˈbʊkɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈbʊkɪŋ/

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overbook (something) to sell more tickets on a plane or reserve more rooms in a hotel than there are places available超额预订（飞机座位或旅馆客房）
- The flight was heavily overbooked.该班机售票大大超出机位数量。🔊🔊
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