overbook

单词overbook

基本解释

v.: 超额预订（飞机座位或旅馆客房）
网络: 超额订出；超售；预定过多

权威解释

• 超额预订（飞机座位或旅馆客房）:

  to sell more tickets on a plane or reserve more rooms in a hotel than there are places available

英汉解释

• 预订(机票等)超出所需要的数量,超量预定

词性分析

• 第三人称单数：overbooks

• 现在分词：overbooking

• 过去分词：overbooked

同义词

v.double-bookoverfilloverextendoverstretch

例句

• We focused on making this a guys trip where we didn"t overbook our time with trying to see too many sites or visit too many courses.

  我们努力把这打造成一次男士们的旅行，避免在游览景点或是拜访太多球场上浪费时间。

• Clerk: Actually it"s a common practice to overbook, as passengers often don"t take their flight as scheduled.

  其实超额预定是航空公司普遍的做法，因乘客并不一定按计划乘坐航班。

• Having the ability to overbook means that the airlines can keep fares lower.

  超额预定机票可以使航空公司将票价定得低些。