overbook

verb

1. 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
   1. The flight was heavily overbooked.
      该班机售票大大超出机位数量。

1. VERB （航空公司、剧团等）超额预订
   If an organization such as an airline or a theatre company overbooks, they sell more tickets than they have places for.
   1. Planes are crowded, airlines overbook, and departures are almost never on time.
      飞机拥挤不堪，航空公司超额售票，起飞时间几乎从未准点过。

1. Planes are crowded, airlines overbook, and departures are almost never on time.
   飞机拥挤不堪，航空公司超额售票，起飞时间几乎从未准点过。
2. Nader brought a damage action for fraudulent misrepresentation, claiming that the airline had deceptively failed to disclose that it might "overbook" its flights and deny boarding to passengers with confirmed reservations.
   纳德提起欺骗性误导的赔偿诉讼，声称航空公司利用欺骗手段没有披露公司可能“超额预定”其航班机票，并且拒绝已确认了机票的乘客登机。
3. 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。