To overspend is to spend more money than you should — more than you have, more than you planned, or more than you can afford. A person can overspend at the shops.

To overspend is to spend more money than you shouldoverspend是指花的錢比你應該花的還多 more than you have, more than you planned, or more than you can afford——比你擁有的多、比你原本計畫的多，或者比你負擔得起的多。 A person can overspend at the shops一個人可以在店裡overspend。

A government or a company can overspend on a building, a war, or a project. You overspend; you overspent last month; you overspent on the trip.

A government or a company can overspend on a building, a war, or a project政府或公司可以在一棟建築、一場戰爭或一個專案上overspend。 You overspend你overspend； you overspent last month你上個月overspent； you overspent on the trip你在那趟旅行上overspent。

It is a bit more formal than "spend too much" or "blow your money," so you meet it in news about budgets and in money advice. In British English especially, overspend is also a noun: "a two-million-pound overspend" means they went that far over the budget.

It is a bit more formal than "spend too much" or "blow your money,"它比「spend too much」或「blow your money」正式一點， so you meet it in news about budgets and in money advice所以你會在講預算的新聞和理財建議裡遇到它。 In British English especially, overspend is also a noun尤其在英式英文裡，overspend也可以當名詞： "a two-million-pound overspend" means they went that far over the budget「a two-million-pound overspend」是說他們超出預算兩百萬英鎊那麼多。

Though actually, in daily talk many people just say "I spent too much" and save overspend for bills, plans, and official numbers. It is not the same as waste: you can overspend on something you truly needed, and still have spent more than you could bear.

Though actually, in daily talk many people just say "I spent too much"不過其實，日常講話大家常常就直接說「我花太多了」， and save overspend for bills, plans, and official numbers把overspend留給帳單、計畫和官方數字用。 It is not the same as waste它跟浪費不一樣： you can overspend on something you truly needed你可能在真正需要的東西上overspend， and still have spent more than you could bear還是花得比你能承受的多。