surplus

['sə:pləs]

n.过剩, 顺差, 盈余
adj.过剩的, 多余的

n.

1. 过剩; 剩余物; 剩余额[C][U]

That country has a large surplus of food.

那个国家有很多剩余食粮。

2. 盈余; 公积金; 顺差[C][U]

Japan's trade surplus increased rapidly over the last few years.

日本的贸易顺差在过去几年里迅速增长。

a.[Z]

1. 过剩的, 剩余的

Surplus wheat is put in storage and shipped abroad.

剩余的小麦被储存起来运到海外。

2. 出售剩余物资的

I found a surplus store and bought a pocket calculator.

我找到一家出售剩余物品的商店, 买了一台袖珍计算机。

词形变化

副词: surpassingly |

词义辨析

同义:

a.过剩的; 多余的

excess  extra  superfluous  remaining  spare  leftover  supplementary  additional  

同义参见:

remainder  plus  plenty  over  occasional  dividend  

反义:

n.剩余额; 盈余

deficit  

英英释义

名词 surplus:

a quantity much larger than is needed

同义词：excess, surplusage, nimiety

形容词 surplus:

more than is needed, desired, or required

同义词：excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary

补充

surplussurplus英:[ˈsə:pləs] 美:[ˈsɚpləs, -ˌplʌs]adj.1.过剩的, 多余的The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad.一些国家的制造商向国外倾销过剩产品。It's an essay heavy with surplus phrasing.这是篇废话连篇的散文。n.1.过剩The United States tried to dispose of its grain surpluses.美国努力把过剩粮食处理掉。

例句

1. Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers.德国遭遇了教师过剩问题。 2. a worldwide surplus of crude oil世界范围的原油过剩 3. Japan's annual trade surplus is in the region of 100 billion dollars.日本每年的贸易顺差额在1,000亿美元左右。 4. Norway's budget surplus has fallen from 5.9% in 1986 to an expected 0.1% this year.挪威的财政结余已经从1986年的5.9%下降到今年所预计的0.1%。 5. He has little surplus cash to invest.他没有什么多余的现金用于投资。 6. We have no surplus grain to sell.我们没有多余的粮食出售。 7. surplus stock剩余存货 8. I sell my surplus birds to a local pet shop.我把多余的鸟卖给当地的宠物商店。 9. It is surplus to our requirements.这超出了我们的需求。 10. When was that old tank surplused out?那辆破坦克是什么时候卖出去的? 11. exports of food surpluses.出口过剩的食品。 12. a trade surplus of $1,395 million.13.95亿美元的贸易顺差。 13. make the most of your surplus cash.充分利用你的剩余现金。 14. the firm told 284 employees that they were surplus to requirements.公司告诉284名雇员说他们是超编人员。 15. she had picked up her boots in an army surplus store.她从军用剩余物资商店中买了这双靴子。 16. the food surplus in Western Europe西欧国家食物过剩 17. They sell their surplus grain to other countries.他们把剩余的粮食卖给别的国家。 18. "If there is any surplus, it will be divided equally."如果还有结余，那将会平均分配的。 19. crop surpluses粮食过剩 20. There is a surplus of workers and not enough jobs.现在是劳动力过剩和工作岗位不足。 21. The state currently has a $3 million budget surplus. [=has $3 million more than it needs to pay for all of its planned expenses]这个州目前预算结余三百万美元。 22. surplus food/cloth/equipment过剩的食品/衣服/设备 23. The government bought the surplus grain to help growers.政府收购了过剩的谷物以帮助种植者。 24. His services had become surplus to requirements.他的服务已变得多余了。