excess

excess

an extreme amount or degree: an excess of food and drink; superabundance; immoderate indulgence: A hundred pairs of shoes is an excess.
Not to be confused with:access – permission to use, speak with, or enter; a way to approach: Access to the stage is through the back door.

ex·cess

E0263200 (ĭk-sĕs′, ĕk′sĕs′)n.1. The state of exceeding what is normal or sufficient: rains that filled the reservoirs to excess.2. An amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; a surplus: sold most of the stoves and put the excess in the warehouse.3. The amount or degree by which one quantity exceeds another: Profit is the excess of sales over costs.4. a. Intemperance; overindulgence: drank to excess.b. A behavior or action that exceeds proper or lawful bounds: tried to avoid financial excesses such as buying expensive clothes.adj. Being more than is usual, required, or permitted: skimming off the excess fat. See Synonyms at superfluous.tr.v. ex·cessed, ex·cess·ing, ex·cess·es To eliminate the job or position of: teachers who were excessed during the downturn.Idiom: in excess of Greater than; more than: unit sales in excess of 20 million.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin excessus, past participle of excēdere, to exceed; see exceed.]

excess

n 1. the state or act of going beyond normal, sufficient, or permitted limits 2. an immoderate or abnormal amount, number, extent, or degree too much or too many: an excess of tolerance. 3. the amount, number, extent, or degree by which one thing exceeds another 4. (Chemistry) chem a quantity of a reagent that is greater than the quantity required to complete a reaction: add an excess of acid. 5. overindulgence or intemperance 6. (Insurance) insurance chiefly Brit a specified contribution towards the cost of a claim, stipulated on certain insurance policies as being payable by the policyholder 7. in excess of of more than; over 8. to excess to an inordinate extent; immoderately: he drinks to excess. adj (usually prenominal) 9. more than normal, necessary, or permitted; surplus: excess weight. 10. (Commerce) payable as a result of previous underpayment: excess postage; an excess fare for a railway journey. [C14: from Latin excessus, from excēdere to go beyond; see exceed]

ex•cess

(ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛs)

n. 1. the fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree: The package weighed in excess of fifty pounds. 2. the amount or degree by which one thing exceeds another. 3. an extreme or excessive amount or degree; superabundance. 4. a going beyond what is regarded as customary or proper: to talk to excess. 5. immoderate indulgence; intemperance in eating, drinking, etc. adj. 6. more than or above what is necessary, usual, or specified; extra: excess profits. v.t. 7. to dismiss, demote, transfer, or furlough (an employee), esp. as part of a mass layoff. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin excessus departure, digression]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	excess - a quantity much larger than is needednimiety, surplus, surplusageovermuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"
	2.	excess - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limitsexcessiveness, inordinatenessimmoderateness, immoderation - the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderationextravagance, extravagancy - the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description"exorbitance, outrageousness - excessive excessoverplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment - extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"
	3.	excess - the state of being more than fulloverabundance, surfeitfullness - the condition of being filled to capacity
	4.	excess - excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"overindulgencehumoring, indulging, pampering, indulgence - the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Adj.	1.	excess - more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"extra, redundant, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus, superfluous, spareunnecessary, unneeded - not necessary

excess

noun1. surfeit, surplus, overdose, overflow, overload, plethora, glut, overabundance, superabundance, superfluity Avoid an excess of sugar in your diet.
surfeit want, lack, shortage, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency2. overindulgence, extravagance, profligacy, debauchery, dissipation, intemperance, indulgence, prodigality, extreme behaviour, immoral behaviour, dissoluteness, immoderation, exorbitance, unrestraint He had led a life of excess.
overindulgence restraint, moderation, self-control, self-discipline, temperance, self-restraintadjective1. spare, remaining, extra, additional, surplus, unwanted, redundant, residual, leftover, superfluous, unneeded After cooking the fish, pour off any excess fat.in excess of exceeding, over, more than, above The health club has a membership in excess of five thousand.Quotations
"Moderation is a fatal thing."
"Nothing succeeds like excess" [Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance]
"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful" [Mae West Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It]
"In excess, craving and revulsion alternate" [Mason Cooley City Aphorisms]
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" [William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]Proverbs
"Too many cooks spoil the broth"
"You can have too much of a good thing"

excess

noun1. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:embarrassment, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit.2. An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:fat, glut, overage, overflow, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, superfluity, surplus, surplusage.3. Immoderate indulgence, as in food or drink:intemperance, overindulgence, surfeit.adjectiveBeing more than is needed, desired, or appropriate:de trop, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus.

Translations

无节制超额过量额外的

excess

(ikˈses) noun1. the (act of) going beyond normal or suitable limits. He ate well, but not to excess. 無節制 无节制2. an abnormally large amount. He had consumed an excess of alcohol. 過量 过量3. an amount by which something is greater than something else. He found he had paid an excess of $5.00 over what was actually on the bill. 超額 超额 adjective extra; additional (to the amount needed, allowed or usual). He had to pay extra for his excess baggage on the aircraft. 額外的 额外的exˈcessive (-siv) adjective beyond what is right and proper. The manager expects them to do an excessive amount of work. 過分的 过分的exˈcessively adverb 過分地 过分地exˈcessiveness noun 過分 过分in excess of more than. His salary is in excess of $25,000 a year. 超過 超过