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 country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
  该国廉价劳动力过剩。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Aside from the plethora of street food on offer, you will also find a surfeit of fortune-tellers and herbalists and some free, open-air Cantonese opera performances here.
  除了多的数不清的小吃，你还会发现多的泛滥的算命先生和中药郎中，以及一些免费的露天粤剧表演。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A surfeit of food makes one sick.
  饮食过量使人生病。