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

• At the opening of the new Thomas Pink store on Wall Street, for example, there was a scrum of traders wearing the brand's new prewashed casual shirt – with a surfeit of ugly baseball hats.
  比如，在华尔街上ThomasPink新店开业时，一堆交易员穿着该品牌的新款水洗休闲衫&还戴着一顶多余而丑陋的棒球帽。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A surfeit of food makes one sick.
  饮食过量使人生病。
• The main reasons caused the accumulation of soil salt and nutrients are the special environment condition of greenhouse and the surfeit use of fertilizer.
  日光温室特殊的环境条件以及过量施用化肥是土壤盐分累积和养分富集的主要原因。