surfeit

• n. 過度；飲食過度；惡心（由於飲食過度所引起）
• vt. 使飲食過度；使厭膩；使過度沉溺於
• vi. 飲食過度；過分放縱

sur-,超過，-feit,做，來自-fact 法語拚寫形式。引申詞義過多，過量。

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, do" (see factitious).

1. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.

定量供應很久以前就結束了餅幹過剩的狀況。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The voters are pretty sick of such a surfeit of primary sloganeering.

選民們對於初選時沒完沒了地空喊口號的現象感到發膩了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. A surfeit of food makes one sick.

飲食過量使人生病.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content.

那麽要知道, 你既不會嫌多,也不會知足的.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹

5. It's no good for your health to surfeit yourself.

暴飲暴食有害健康。

來自辭典例句