surfeit
英 ['sɜːfɪt]
美['sɝfɪt]
- n. 过度；饮食过度；恶心（由于饮食过度所引起）
- vt. 使饮食过度；使厌腻；使过度沉溺于
- vi. 饮食过度；过分放纵
中文词源
surfeit 过量
sur-,超过，-feit,做，来自-fact 法语拼写形式。引申词义过多，过量。
英文词源
- surfeit (v.)
- late 14c., intransitive, "indulge or feed to excess," from surfeit (n.). Related: Surfeited; surfeiting. Transitive sense from 1590s.
- surfeit (n.)
- early 14c., "excess quantity;" late 14c., "overindulgence," from Old French sorfet "excess; arrogance" (Modern French surfait), noun use of past participle of surfaire "overdo," from sur- "over" (see sur- (1)) + faire "do," from Latin facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The voters are pretty sick of such a surfeit of primary sloganeering.
- 选民们对于初选时没完没了地空喊口号的现象感到发腻了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. A surfeit of food makes one sick.
- 饮食过量使人生病.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. 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.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. It's no good for your health to surfeit yourself.
- 暴饮暴食有害健康。
来自辞典例句