overshoot
英 [əʊvə'ʃuːt]
美[,ovɚ'ʃut]
- vt. 超越；打过头；把…做过头
- vi. 射击越标；（飞机）滑出跑道；行动过火
- n. 超越目标；行动过火
考试真题
- One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this ecological overshoot of the human economy, and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in, and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this "ecological overshoot of the human economy", and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in,
2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B