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

• 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 country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
  该国廉价劳动力过剩。
• Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day.
  这样我便可整日暴食或垂涎。
• It's wrong that some people have a surfeit of food, while others don't have any.
  一些人食物过剩而另一些人却没有食品，这是不对的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。