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surplusage

/sur-pluhs-ij/US // ˈsɜr plʌs ɪdʒ //UK // (ˈsɜːpləsɪdʒ) //

过剩,盈余,剩余物,剩余价值

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that is surplus; an excess amount.
    • : an excess of words.

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Examples

  • But far more satisfactory for absorbing the surplusage of labour was the development which the period witnessed in manufacture.

  • There is a great surplusage of words and a seeming inability to get to the point.

  • A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature.

  • No, sir; it is not necessary and it is entirely what they call surplusage.

  • His account was heavy enough as it stood without piling up surplusage.