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单词 surplus
释义
surplus
noun[CorU],adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.pləs/us
/ˈsɝː.pləs/
C2
(anamountthat is) more than isneeded:
剩余（的），多余（的）；过剩（的）
Theworldis nowproducinglargefoodsurpluses.世界上目前生产的食品大大过剩。
We areunlikelytoproduceany surplus thisyear.我们今年不太可能有任何盈余。
Thegovernmenthasauthorizedthearmytosellitssurplusweapons.政府已经授权军队出售多余的武器。
UKThestoreissellingoffstockthat is surplustorequirements(= more than they need to have).这家商店正在甩卖多余的存货。
theamountofmoneyyou haveleftwhen yousellmore than youbuy, orspendless than you own:
资金余额，资金盈余
abudget/tradesurplus预算结余／贸易顺差
Fortunately the company'sbankaccountiscurrentlyinsurplus.幸好目前公司的银行账户里还有结余。
More examples
  • A surplus ofcornhashelpeddepressthegrainmarket.
  • Thechemicalindustryhas alargeandgrowingtradesurplus.
  • There is no surpluscapacityinourtransportsystem.
  • Weproduceenoughvegetablesforourcommunity, and any surplus issoldtolocalshops.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Too much and unnecessary
  • be up toyourneck (insomething)idiom
  • bellyful
  • binge
  • carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
  • de trop
  • drown
  • gush
  • hyper
  • immoderate
  • immoderately
  • inessential
  • insatiable
  • overdose
  • plenty
  • pleonasm
  • pleonastic
  • plethora
  • proliferation
  • unwarranted
  • weighsomeone/somethingdown
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Amounts of money
(Definition ofsurplusfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

surplus| American Dictionary

surplus
noun[C]
us
/ˈsɜrˌplʌs,-pləs/
anamountthat is more than isneeded:
Theworldis nowproducinglargefoodsurpluses.
Thegovernmentisforecastingabudgetsurplus thisyear(= all themoneyavailableto bespentwill not bespent).
A surplus is also theamountofmoneyyou haveleftwhen yousellmore than youbuy:
atradesurplus

surplus

adjective[not gradable]us
/ˈsɜr·plʌs,-pləs/
Farmers arefeedingtheirsurpluswheattopigs.
(Definition ofsurplusfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

surplus| Business English

surplus
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈsɜːpləs/us
anamountthat is more than isneeded:
a surplus of sthTheplanthad a surplus ofcomponents.
ACCOUNTING,ECONOMICS
theamountofmoneythat you haveleftwhen yousellmore than youbuy, orspendless than youreceive:
Thesavingswillcreatea surplus of a little more than $24 million.
Theoverallgapcontinuestoreflectadeficitin thetradeofgoodsand a surplus inservices.
Compare
deficit
in surplus
used todescribeasituationwhen abusinessorcountryhasspentlessmoneythan it hasreceived:
Thisyearthebudgetwill be in surplus.

See also

budget surplus
buyer's surplus
consumer surplus
structural surplus
trade surplus
surplus
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜːpləs/us
more than isneededor used:
As theeconomyslowed,companiesthat hadinvestedsurplusfundsin thestockmarketfoundtheirreturnsdwindling.
Theformof thepayoutof surpluscashtoinvestorswill berevealedin May.
(Definition ofsurplusfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsurplus

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Under specific circumstances this organization allowed for a flexible and economically efficient allocation of land, promoting the growth of agrarian surpluses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The system drifted from an initial phase of large surpluses to increasing deficits and ultimate crisis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On the supply side, with low prices, producers do not receive an adequate incentive or generate surpluses to invest in production expansion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On minor issues, such as the carrying forward of budget surpluses into the following financial year, it strongly resisted departmental requests for greater flexibility.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the objective (1), we assume that voters penalize the politicians for savings, that is, primary surpluses, exceeding the people's willingness to support retrenchment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Economic surpluses are efficiently directed to the geographic core from peripheral areas without the wastefulness of a cumbersome political superstructure.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The failure of monsoons could halt the growth of warehouse surpluses while the voracious appetite of an expanding field army increased demands upon them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Most industrial countries had achieved sustained food surpluses by the second half of the twentieth century.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Since many rural households face constraints of all sorts when they turn to capital markets, they are often forced to invest their own accumulated surpluses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When rainfall events are positively correlated, surpluses and shortages occur at the same time in both regions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, surpluses on single farms reach 85 kg ha -1.
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If they are not rather elastic over the ranges of concern, governments will find it hard not to pay large suppliers' surpluses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After 1815, despite the depression, most lighthouses were still generating large surpluses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Quotas became a popular contract criterion, and households were entitled to retain their production surpluses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Future emphasis of agricultural policy ought to be on maximizing rural household incomes rather than generating food surpluses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithsurplus

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These are words often used in combination withsurplus.

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agricultural surplus
The challenges of mobilisingagriculturalsurpluswould then loom large on the reform agenda if the country is to undertake a vigorous industrialisation drive.
From theCambridge English Corpus
annual surplus
I do not mean that it should be reduced so as to extinguish absolutely theannualsurplus.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
current account surplus
The current account surplus accompanied by the surge in capital inflows in the mid-1990s put too much strain on that strategy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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