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excess

/noun ik-ses, ek-ses; adjective, verb ek-ses, ik-ses/US // noun ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛs; adjective, verb ˈɛk sɛs, ɪkˈsɛs //

过量,过度,过量的,过剩

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree: His strength is in excess of yours.
    • : the amount or degree by which one thing exceeds another: The bill showed an excess of several hundred dollars over the estimate.
    • : an extreme or excessive amount or degree; superabundance: to have an excess of energy.
    • : a going beyond what is regarded as customary or proper: to talk to excess.
    • : immoderate indulgence; intemperance in eating, drinking, etc.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : more than or above what is necessary, usual, or specified; extra: a charge for excess baggage; excess profits.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to dismiss, demote, transfer, or furlough, especially as part of a mass layoff.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounoverabundance of something
Forms: excesses
Synonyms
exuberance繁荣,旺盛,旺盛的精力,旺盛的生命力glut饕餮盛宴,饕餮大餐,饕餮,饕餮之宴overkill矫枉过正,杀伤力过大,过度杀戮,过度杀伤力surplus剩余,剩余的,盈余,过剩waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃balance平衡,平衡性,余额,均衡by-product副产品,副产物enough足够的,足够多的,足够,足够了exorbitance高昂的价格,过高的价格,昂贵的费用,昂贵的价格fat脂肪,肥胖,胖子,胖fulsomeness脉冲,脉冲式,脉冲式的,脉冲强度inundation淹没,淹水,洪水,洪涝lavishness奢华,奢华主义,奢侈,豪华leavings遗留物,遗留问题,残余物,剩余物leftover剩余的,余下的,剩下的,剩余物luxuriance奢华,奢侈,奢华度,奢华感nimiety阴阳师,阴性,阴暗面,阴阳人overflow溢出,溢出效应,溢出来的,溢出的overload超负荷工作,超负荷,超负荷运转,超载overmuch太多,太多了,过多,过份overrun越位,越界,掉头就跑,越位的情况oversupply供过于求,供应过剩,供大于求,供不应求overweight超重,超重的,过重,超重的人plenty大量的,大量plethora众多的,众多,众多的人,大量的profusion繁茂,繁华,丰富多样,丰富的内容redundance冗长,冗余,冗员,冗赘redundancy冗余,冗余度,冗长,冗长的refuse拒绝,拒收,拒绝接受,拒不接受remainder剩余的,余下的部分,剩余部分,剩余residue残留物,残余物,残留,残余rest休息时间,休息,休息时,休息区spare备用的,剩余的,剩余,空闲时间superabundance超级富翁,超级富足,超级富豪,超级丰富supererogation上级指示,上级领导,上级主管部门,超越superfluity赘肉,赘生物,赘疣,多余的surfeit糜烂,泛滥成灾,糜烂的,过剩wastefulness浪费,浪费现象,浪费行为,浪费问题overdose药物过量,过度使用,过量,剂量过大recrement再造,再现,再造物,再生the limit极限,极限是指,极限值,极限的too much太多,过多,过多的,太多的too much of a good thing好东西太多,好事多磨,好事做多了,好事做多
nounoverindulgence in personal desires
Forms: excesses

Examples

  • Let the excess liquid evaporate away by bringing the substance to a boil or a simmer until the desired consistency is reached.

  • Wyden seems to have been persuaded that the best way to contain the possible excesses of speech on the internet was the influence of market forces.

  • While these wake-up calls to our own waste are certainly effective, many of the artists seem more interested in using excess as a way of expressing reverence for nature.

  • When town officials and lawmakers try to walk back the excess, the unions hold their ground.

  • It’s a Super Bowl being conducted without its usual excesses.

  • Shake off any excess flour and gently place in the heated oil.

  • Fold over the edges and crimp, then trim any remaining excess.

  • Following the pre-recession excess of T-Pain and Akon, hip-hop was in search of greater authenticity.

  • The Senate Intelligence Committee report says they secured a contract with the CIA in 2006 valued “in excess of $180 million.”

  • By the way, killjoys, American charitable giving goes up by 42 percent during this season of crass materialistic greed and excess.

  • Victor was proud of his achievement, and went about recommending it and urging every one to partake of it to excess.

  • The authorization borne by him was very extraordinary and had a great excess of the ordinary warrants.

  • (d) Excess balances may, at the convenience of each federal reserve bank, remain deposited with the gold settlement fund.

  • To talk of an excess of labor, or an inability to employ it, in such a country as Ireland, is to insult the general understanding.

  • All applications, including therein any on which action may have been deferred because in excess of the aforesaid 10 per cent.