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
- In sum, technology has given us this surfeit of calories and dearth of energy expenditure.
总而言之,技术给了我们过高的热量,又减少了能量支出。 - Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day.
这样我便可整日暴食或垂涎。 - Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
特别是因为饮食过度而对享乐非常老练的;精通世故的。 - 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。 - 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。 - The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
该国廉价劳动力过剩。 - 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 stimulus packages that have been announced across the region must try to turn its surfeit of savers into avid consumers.
亚洲各国宣布的刺激方案,必须立足于把这些经济体的过度储蓄者转变成积极消费者。 - 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。 - 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。
