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oversupply

/noun oh-ver-suh-plahy; verb oh-ver-suh-plahy/US // noun ˈoʊ vər səˌplaɪ; verb ˌoʊ vər səˈplaɪ //UK // (ˈəʊvəˌsəplaɪ) //

供过于求,供应过剩,供大于求,供不应求

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural o·ver·sup·plies.

    • : an excessive supply.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·sup·plied, o·ver·sup·ply·ing.

    • : to supply in excess.

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Examples

  • Despite an oversupply of vaccine doses, only about 49 percent of the country is fully vaccinated overall—and many states and areas have lower vaccination coverage still.

  • They have really dealt with their supply problem — because they had a huge oversupply, which was causing a glut in the market and driving down prices.

  • Coupled with the pandemic-related boost in sales, this helped alleviate market pressure caused by oversupply of wine and reduced consumer demand.

  • The rebound was so fast that new and used vehicles skipped right from oversupply to shortage—which is driving up prices.

  • Last week, I talked about the oversupply of lawyers, and other graduate students.

  • The oversupply of graduate students in the humanities is much, much worse than the oversupply of lawyers.

  • The oversupply of ethanol can be seen by looking at the parade of ethanol producers heading to bankruptcy court.

  • In the end, there is a shortage of caution, an oversupply of food, and a mess that will take years to clean up.

  • That court decision has been a blessing and, perhaps, a curse—contributing to an oversupply of talent.

  • Just on a p. 140 hunch, I'll always want a considerable oversupply.

  • The making of cheese was known in ancient times, it having probably originated through a desire to utilize an oversupply of milk.

  • Nature IS an efficiency expert and doesn't give you an oversupply of anything without demanding that you use it.

  • I was interested in Tusser's "Christmas husbandly fare," notwithstanding some suggestion of gluttony in it and of oversupply.

  • Gigantic boulders, box-like bluffs, ragged rock-spires, cliffs and plateaus of bare rock were in oversupply.