surfeit

• 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

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