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Surfeit 14c Insufficient Supply(不足的供应 Late French Sur 使饿死

单词 surfeit
音标 ['sə:fit]
解释 n.(食物)过量,过度;v.使过量
红宝书 【英】 n.(食物)过量,过度 (an overabundant supply;excess)
【考】 反义词:famish(使挨 饿); starve(使挨饿); deprivation(缺乏); insufficient supply(不足的供应); deficiency(不足)
【记】 sur(过分)+feit(做) →做过了头→过量
【例】 a surfeit of compliments(过度恭 维)/feed oneself to surfeit(吃得过饱)
字源 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" (see factitious).
不择手段背单词 n. /v. (食物)过量; 过度
【记】sur过分, feit做-做过了头-过量读: 三feet-一口吃了三只猪脚-过量
【反】famish(v 使饿死); starve(v 使饿死); deprivation(n 剥夺); insufficient supply(不足的供应); deficiency(n 缺乏; 不足)
趣味全助记 【记】sur超 + 音:肥,超肥,因为食物过量;sur 超过 + 音:费的,超过浪费的;

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