overpopulation

when there are too many people living in a particular place 人口过多，人口过密

efforts to reduce overpopulation

降低过高人口密度的努力

—overpopulated /ˌəʊvəˈpɒpəleɪtɪd $ ˌoʊvərˈpɑːp-/ adjectiveadj

our overpopulated cities

我们人口密度过高的城市

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overpopulation• The reasons in each case are the same: the sheer weight of human expansion and overpopulation.• That army, unimaginably, would worsen under the goading pressures of famine, overpopulation, and bribery.• And what had caused the overpopulation?• They had helped the refuelling and restocking of colonists' ships fleeing the overpopulation, radiation and ozone poisoning.• Below we challenge some of the major misconceptions arising from the overpopulation mentality.• At the same time overpopulation kept agricultural wages at pitiful rates.• From an ecological point of view, overpopulation is a disaster no matter where it occurs or spills over.

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