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 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。
• And makes them surfeit more, when they come to plenty: and therefore, the proof is best, when men keep their authority towards their children, but not their purse.
  使他们到了富饶的时候容易贪欲无度。因此为父母者若对他们底子嗣在管理上严密，而在钱包上宽松，则其结果是最好的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• At this point in the post-bubble transition to deflation, fiscal rectitude and monetary stringency are a dangerous policy combination, as appealing as they may be to the virtuous instincts of policymakers faced with a surfeit of sovereign debt.
  在后泡沫时代向通缩演变的这个时期，紧缩财政及货币政策，是一种危险的政策组合&尽管对于面对过高主权债务的政策制定者来说，这样的组合或许对他们的善良天性颇具吸引力。
• 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。