英语词汇“excess”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	excess
释义	ex·cess I. \ikˈses, ˈekˌses, ekˈses\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French excès, from Late Latin excessus, from Latin, departure, from excessus, past participle of excedere to go forth, exceed — more at exceed 1. a. : a state of surpassing or going beyond limits : the fact of being in a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty : superfluity, superabundance < excess of grief > < an excess of provisions > b. : something that exceeds what is usual, proper, proportionate. or specified < she was serious almost to excess — Aldous Huxley > c. : the amount or degree by which one thing or number exceeds another < there was an excess of 10 bushels over what was needed to fill the bin > < the excess of 12 plus 2 over 12 minus 2 is 4 > 2. : undue or immoderate indulgence : intemperance especially in eating and drinking < excess at table is seldom healthful > — often used in plural < their excesses led to their expulsion from the congregation > Synonyms: superfluity, surplus, surplusage, overplus: excess may be used of any exceeding or going beyond measure, limits, or accustomed bounds < an excess of carbon dioxide in the air > < an excess of supply over demand > It is often used in connection with culpable lack of moderation, temperance, and restraint < I have a considerable affection for the Empire style, of which I bought a houseful when it could be bought for half nothing. But the excesses of the style are terrible — Arnold Bennett > < Washington began with the prestige of a unanimous election and ended, as his farewell address plainly reveals, with a deep abhorrence of the excesses of intense party spirit — A.N.Holcombe > superfluity may refer to a vain, wasteful, or embarrassing excess, over actual needs < as I have a certain amount of money to spare and am possessed by the strange desire to collect unnecessary objects, I succumb easily to anyone who asks me to buy superfluities and luxuries — Aldous Huxley > < not the lack of expressive power, but the superfluity. He was profusely and indiscriminately loquacious — Virginia Woolf > surplus applies to whatever is left after all needed has been used or expended; it is often used in reference to money or to valuable commodities < the company books showing a surplus > < the Patent Office has become one of the relatively few government establishments that not only pay their way, but normally yield a surplus — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray > < nearly every farmer had an apple press with which he prepared adequate quantities of cider and vinegar for family consumption, and frequently there were surpluses to market — W.M.Kollmorgen > surplusage may refer to an unjustified or useless excess < the Senate conferees took the position that the usage of the word “prior” was unnecessary and was mere surplusage — U.S.Code > overplus may designate an unnecessary addition or adventitious augmentation < we entered the Rectory drive, the car poked at by the wild overplus of vegetation which was certainly not that of a normal garden — Wyndham Lewis > • - in excess of - to excess II. \ˈekˌses, ikˈs-, ekˈs-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from excess, n. 1. : more than or above the usual or specified amount : that constitutes an excess < excess property on hand after a contract ends > < the body tends to rid itself of its excess nitrogen — H.G.Armstrong > < excess sleep may be a sign of a disturbance — Morris Fishbein > 2. : exceeding in weight or size an allowance transportable without charge < excess baggage > III. \ikˈses, ˈekˌses, ekˈses\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: excess, noun : to eliminate the position of < the decline in enrollment has allowed us to excess about 75 teachers — Stuart Binion >
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