“演讲超时”常见的英语表达有:“The speech exceeded the time limit.” 或者 “The speech was overtime.” 或者 “The speech ran over time.”
其中,“exceed”有“超过,超出”的意思,“exceed the time limit” 就是“超过时间限制”;“overtime”作形容词表示“超时的,加班的”,“was overtime”表示“是超时的”;“run over”有“超过(预定时间)”的含义。
例如:The speaker was worried because his speech exceeded the time limit. (演讲者很担心,因为他的演讲超时了。)