overshoot
英 [??v?'?u?t]
美[,ov?'?ut]
- vt. 超越；打過頭；把…做過頭
- vi. 射擊越標；（飛機）滑出跑道；行動過火
- n. 超越目標；行動過火
考試真題
- 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月閱讀原文
- 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月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B