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

• 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。
• 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。
• But we may have had a surfeit of charisma and be ready for some nuts-and-bolts leadership.
  但我们或许已经见过太多的魅力型领袖，现在我们期待有一些脚踏实地的领导者。
• The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
  该国廉价劳动力过剩。
• 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。
• 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。
• A surfeit of food makes one sick.
  饮食过量使人生病。
• 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 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。
• 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。