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Surplus Amount   [Usu N Trade Budget ˈsɜːpləs Noun

The word "surplus" can be used as a noun or an adjective. As a noun, it refers to an excess amount or a trade/budget surplus. As an adjective, it means extra or more than needed.

The word "surplus" can be used as a noun or an adjective. As a noun, it refers to an excess amount or a trade/budget surplus. As an adjective, it means extra or more than needed.

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/sɜ͟ː(r)pləs/
1
[N-VAR 可变名词]过剩;剩余;过剩量;剩余额 If there is a surplus of something, there is more than is needed.
  • Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers.

    德国遭遇了教师过剩的问题。

2
[ADJ 形容词]过剩的;剩余的;多余的 Surplus is used to describe something that is extra or that is more than is needed.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • Few people have large sums of surplus cash...

    几乎没人手头很富裕。

  • 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。

  • The houses are being sold because they are surplus to requirements.

    这些因超出需求而闲置着的房子正在出售。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词](贸易)顺差 If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
  [usu n N]
  • 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
[N-COUNT 可数名词](预算)盈余 If a government has a budget surplus, it has spent less than it received in taxes.
  [usu n N]
  • Norway's budget surplus has fallen from 5.9% in 1986 to an expected 0.1% this year.

    挪威的预算盈余已经从 1986 年的 5.9%降至今年预计的 0.1%。


Oxford sur·plus / ˈsɜːpləs ; NAmE ˈsɜːrpləs /
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surplus surpluses
noun [countable ,  uncountable ] 1 an amount that is extra or more than you need 过剩;剩余;过剩量;剩余额 food surpluses 过剩的食物 Wheat was in surplusthat year. 那一年小麦过剩。 2 the amount by which the amount of money received is greater than the amount of money spent 盈余;顺差 a trade surplus of £400 million *4 亿英镑的贸易盈余 The balance of payments was in surpluslast year (= the value of exports was greater than the value of imports). 去年国际收支有盈余。 collocationsat
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deficit
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adjective more than is needed or used 过剩的;剩余的;多余的 surplus cash 剩余的现金 Surplus grain is being sold for export. 过剩的谷物正销往国外。 surplusto sth These items are surplus to requirements (= not needed). 这几项不需要。 sur·plus / ˈsɜːpləs ; NAmE ˈsɜːrpləs /
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surplus1 noun
surplus2 adjective
surplussur‧plus1 /ˈsɜːpləs $ ˈsɜːr-/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable]
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1an amount of something that is more than what is needed or used SYN  excess:  Any surplus can be trimmed away.surplus of a surplus of crude oil2the amount of money that a country or company has left after it has paid for all the things it needs:  a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion
trade surplus
surplus1 noun
surplus2 adjective
surplussurplus2 ●○○ adjective
Examples
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Phrases
1more than what is needed or used:  Ethiopia has no surplus food.surplus cash/funds/revenues Surplus cash can be invested.2be surplus to requirements British English formal to be no longer necessary:  He found out he was surplus to requirements in London and left.
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surplus

[ˈsɜ:pləs]

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盈余(38%),顺差(25%),过剩(18%),多余的(10%),过剩的(9%)
n.剩余;[贸易] 顺差;盈余;过剩
adj.剩余的;过剩的

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