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　

GRE

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• eating until excessively full
  Synonym:repletion
• the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
  Synonym:glutoversupply
• the state of being more than full
  Synonym:excessoverabundance

verb

• indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
• supply or feed to surfeit
  Synonym:cloy

双语例句

• The result for the developing world is a possible capital surfeit and attendant fears of overvalued exchange rates, floods of cheap imports and extreme volatility should the wall of money eventually retreat.
  这给新兴经济体带来的后果，可能是资本过剩、随之而来的对本币汇率高估的忧虑、廉价进口的泛滥，以及大批资金一旦最终撤离所导致的极度波动。
• China has faced a surfeit of college graduates in recent years, thanks in large part to an that has seen the university student population swell by as much as30% year-to-year over the last decade.
  近年来，中国面临大学毕业生过多的情况，很大程度上是由于过去十年内大学录取比例上升，导致大学生数量每年以30%的增幅迅速膨胀。
• The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
  该国廉价劳动力过剩。
• It seems that a surfeit of shame still exists around weight and a good proportion of people at any one time are likely to be dieting secretly.
  看来，饮食过度的耻辱仍然对体重存在影响，大多数人任何时候都可能在秘密节食。
• 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。
• The voters are pretty sick of such a surfeit of primary sloganeering.
  选民们对于初选时没完没了地空喊口号的现象感到发腻了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The long-touted scarcity of radio spectrum in the future may be replaced by a surfeit of available frequencies.
  困扰大众已久的无线电频谱不足问题，未来将变成可用频率太多。