[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。
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[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.
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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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](贸易)顺差 If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
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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。
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[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.
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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%。
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sur·plus/ˈsɜːpləs; NAmEˈsɜːrpləs/
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surplussurplusesnoun[countable , uncountable ]1an 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。2the 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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(1 )adjectivemore 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; NAmEˈsɜːrpləs/
1an amount of something that is more than what is needed or usedSYN 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 →
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surplussurplus2 ●○○ adjective
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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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