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Surplus   [Usu N Large Sold Cash Country Extra

英语单词 surplus
英美音标 英 ['sɜːpləs] 美 ['sɜːrpləs]
中文释义 n.过剩;顺差;盈余
adj.过剩的;多余的
英语例句 (1) Mexico has a large surplus of oil.
(2) Countries with surplus are called creditor nations.
(3) Surpluses of food can be sold for cash.
(4) Every country has a lot of surplus labor.
(5) Surplus wheat is put in storage and shipped abroad.
中文例句 (1) 墨西哥有大量过剩的石油。
(2) 有顺差的国家则称为债权国。
(3) 多余的食物可卖钱。
(4) 每个国家都有大量的剩余劳动力。
(5) 剩余的小麦被储存起来运到海外。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 The army surplus store sells old or out-of-date clothing and equipment that the military doesn't need.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."
柯林斯解释
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%。

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