surfeit
英 [ˈsɜːfɪt]
美 [ˈsɜːrfɪt]
n. 过量
vi. 吃得过多由于过量而厌腻
过去分词:surfeited 复数:surfeits 过去式:surfeited 现在分词:surfeiting 第三人称单数:surfeits
BNC.22370 / COCA.26381
牛津词典
noun
- 过量
an amount that is too large
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 过量;过多
Asurfeit ofsomething is an amount which is too large.- Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。
- Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
英英释义
noun
- eating until excessively full
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- the state of being more than full
verb
- indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
- supply or feed to surfeit
双语例句
- I think we've had a surfeit of this sort of violent film on TV recently.
我认为最近电视上播出的这一种暴力影片过多了。 - It was an insufficient supply of top-notch equity within the banks, and a surfeit of lower-quality debt capital that was unable to absorb losses effectively, that allowed the financial crisis to wreak such havoc on the whole system.
银行一级资本供应不足、无法有效吸收亏损的较低质量债务资本过多,才让此次金融危机对整个体系造成严重破坏。 - Cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing.
过度使用最初喜欢的食物而造成。 - The surfeit of liquidity and the relative health of the country's financial sector have led to a widening spread in interest rates between Japan and the rest of the world.
流动性过剩和相对健康的金融业,已导致日本与全球其它地区的利差不断扩大。 - A surfeit of food makes one sick.
饮食过量使人生病。 - Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day.
这样我便可整日暴食或垂涎。 - Footballing mishaps are the latest in a series of catastrophes to be blamed on a surfeit of maleness.
在这些不幸的足球赛事之前,也有一系列灾难被归咎于男性化过度。 - The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
该国廉价劳动力过剩。 - But we may have had a surfeit of charisma and be ready for some nuts-and-bolts leadership.
但我们或许已经见过太多的魅力型领袖,现在我们期待有一些脚踏实地的领导者。 - For the most part, people in developed countries live in a state of surfeit, not of want.
发达国家绝大多数的人过著过度富足、而不是贫困的生活。