小词详解 | surfeit
surfeit 英 [ˈsɜːfɪt] 美 [ˈsɜːrfɪt]
Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, a maker of electric cars, grumbles about a surfeit of business-school graduates stifling innovation.
电动汽车制造商特斯拉的老板埃隆·马斯克抱怨过多的商学院毕业生扼杀了创新。
——《经济学人》This is an abiding complaint among young men in a country with a surfeit of them.
在一个年轻男性过剩的国家,这是这些年轻男性们永恒的牢骚。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 过量的某物
这个动荡国家的廉价劳动力过剩。
The turbulent country has a surfeit of cheap labour.与过去形成鲜明对比的是,选民普遍态度冷淡。他们对初选时没完没了的空喊口号感到相当发腻了。
In stark contrast to the past, there is widespread apathy among the electorate. They are pretty sick of such a surfeit of primary sloganeering.
现在大多数监狱里都关满了惯犯。从严判决可以起到震慑其他潜在犯罪者的作用,尤其是那些经常无视法律的人。
Most prisons are now surfeited with repeaters. Tougher prison sentences may act as a deterrent to other would-be offenders, especially those who regularly flout the law.
Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content.
那么要知道,你既不会嫌多,也不会知足的。
glut: a supply of something that is much greater than can be sold or is needed or wanted orgy: excessive indulgence in a specified activity superfluity: an unnecessarily or excessively large amount or number of something
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