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

• 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。
• Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day.
  这样我便可整日暴食或垂涎。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。