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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing.
  过度使用最初喜欢的食物而造成。
• 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。
• 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。