surfeit

英 ['sɜːfɪt] 美 ['sɜːrfɪt]

• n. 过食；过量
• v. 暴食；过分沉溺

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being more than full

2. the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

3. eating until excessively full

Verb:

1. supply or feed to surfeit

2. indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A surfeit of rich food is bad for you.
   多吃油腻食物对身体有害。
2. There has been a surfeit of plays about divorce on the TV recently.
   最近有关离婚的电视剧太多了。

用作动词 (v.)

1. It's no good for your health to surfeit yourself.
   暴饮暴食有碍你的健康。
2. They were surfeited with entertainment.
   他们过分沉溺于玩乐了。

经典引文

• Mary's fault..was a surfeit of certainty.

  出自： F. Weldon

• Mama had provided a surfeit of vegetables.

  出自： A. Lee

近反义词

【近义词】

• overeat 吃过量
• plenty 丰富
• excess 超过
• glut 供过于求
• oversupply 过多供给
• overabundance 过于丰富
• surplus 过剩
• flood 淹没
• plethora 过量
• profusion 丰多
• cloy (吃甜食)生腻...
• repletion 充满