overbook

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o·ver·book /ˌəʊvəˈbʊk $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  BBTSELLto sell more tickets for a theatre, plane etc than there are seats available 超量售出[订出](戏票、机票等) overbooked hotels 超额预订的宾馆→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionaryoverbooko‧ver‧book /ˌəʊvəˈbʊkˌoʊvər-/ verb [intransitive, transitive]TRAVEL to sell more tickets for a plane, hotel etc than there are places availableThe airline offers cash as compensation for passengers when flights are overbooked. —overbooking noun [uncountable]the right to sue airlines for overbooking→ See Verb table

o·ver·book verbChineseSyllable  

sell plane tickets there to than theatre, etc more for Corpus a Business

overbook
o‧ver‧book /ˌəʊvəˈbʊk $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
to sell more tickets for a theatre, plane etc than there are seats available:
    overbooked hotels

over·bookBrE /ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbʊk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they overbook BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbʊk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it overbooks BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbʊks/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbʊks/ 🔊past simple overbooked BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbʊkt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbʊkt/ 🔊past participle overbooked BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbʊkt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbʊkt/ 🔊 -ing form overbooking BrE /ˌəʊvəˈbʊkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈbʊkɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) 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。🔊🔊  ➡  compare double-book