| 词汇 | overcapacity |
| 释义 | overcapacity noun[ U ] (alsoover-capacity)uk /ˌəʊ.və.kəˈpæs.ə.ti/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/ A situation in which an industry or a factory is producing more than it can sell: A recent surge in steel consumption has reduced global overcapacity in the steel industry. The merger will reduce overcapacity, cut costs, and increase efficiency. The company's annual results have been seriously affected by over-capacity. the state of being more or greater in amount than what can be contained: Most maternity units are working at overcapacity. The screaming, over-capacity crowd was jammed into the venue. Cotton manufacturers began to suffer from overcapacity in the 1950s. Because of overcapacity, all the other employees were made redundant. Observers estimate that the industry still has more than 30% over-capacity. Measurements of volume bushel capacity centilitre cl cubic decilitre dl fl. gal gallon gill heaped heaping litre measure millilitre ml quart teaspoon tin You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Too much and unnecessary Full overcapacity | Business Englishovercapacity noun[ U ] uk /ˌəʊvəkəˈpæsəti/us ECONOMICS, PRODUCTION a situation in which companies in an industry can make and supply more products than customers buy or are expected to buy: He blamed the profit collapse on overcapacity which led to the excessive discounting of holiday packages. Compare spare capacity undercapacity Examples of overcapacityovercapacity Presumably the machinery for release-ribbons, molecular motors, tethering proteins, etc-is energetically expensive to maintain and bulky, and so an overcapacity for release would be wasteful. A second argument for limited overcapacity may be equitable access to high-tech expensive medical technology. It does not seem correct to describe as stagnation a condition of booming industry, full employment and hardly any overcapacity at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The redundancies derive from overcapacity and price competition affecting disc-drive manufacturers on a worldwide basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry has for some years been beset by global overcapacity and weak prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This overcapacity could also lead to more intense competition. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Now because of serious world overcapacity, this country's merchant shipbuilders are facing their most severe crisis, possibly in this century. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They make a massive contribution to our perceived overcapacity and yet make no contribution whatever to the solution of decommissioning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Industry experts already forecast a downturn, an overcapacity in the world market in the two or three years to come. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That is a joint programme, but we could perfectly well have achieved it ourselves using the overcapacity in our armoured fighting vehicle industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We agreed with the industry two years ago that we had an overcapacity of some 19 million tonnes of hot-rolled steel. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Even the fishing industry itself says that there is overcapacity and that reductions are necessary. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It also leads to overcapacity and the funding of this overcapacity. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Thirdly, we must find structural solutions to overcapacity in the fishing industry. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But there is a further aspect and it resides in the structure of our large slaughterhouses with their overcapacity. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of overcapacity These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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