Front | surplus |
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Pron | ['sɜːrpləs] |
Back | 【SURPLUS】 He kept enough corn to feed his cattle and sold the surplus. 他保存足够喂牛的谷物,并出售剩下的部分。 【重点词汇】surplus n. 剩余 |
Vocab | surplusa quantity much larger than is needed
A surplus is something extra or left over. If your tree produces more apples than you can eat, you can make applesauce with the surplus of apples. The army surplus store sells old or out-of-date clothing and equipment that the military doesn't need. If you earn more money than you spend, then you have a surplus of cash. The word surplus has familiar parts: sur- is a shortened form of super, meaning "extra" or "additional," and plus just means "more." All forms of 'surplus' will appear on average once every 625 pages. surplus |
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