每日英语单词180:surplus


今日单词

surplus

英 [ˈsɜːpləs]  

美 [ˈsɜːrplʌs] 

adj.  过剩的; 多余的;

n.  剩余额; 公积金; 顺差; 盈余;

词根:sur超过,在……上面+plus多余;加→多出很多

词根

sur-

表示 “超过,在上面 ”

形近词

 

surveillance

英 [sɜːˈveɪləns]  

美 [sɜːrˈveɪləns] 

n.  盯梢,监督;  [法]管制,监视;

词根:sur超过,在……上面+veil面纱+lance→在面纱上看[隔了一层纱]看→临视

surcharge   

英 [ˈsɜ:tʃɑ:dʒ]  

美 [ˈsɜrtʃɑrdʒ] 

vt.  追加罚款; 使…装载过多; 使…负担过重;

n.  附加费,额外费用; 超载; [法]过高收费行为; 加盖过的邮票(或印花税票);

词根:sur超过,在……上面+charge费用→额外的收费→附加费

surmount

英 [səˈmaʊnt]  

美 [sərˈmaʊnt] 

vt.  战胜,克服;  登上,攀登;  居于…之上;  顶上覆盖着;

词根:sur超过,在……上面+mount山→在山上→登上

surpass

英 [səˈpɑːs]  

美 [sərˈpæs]      

 

vt.  超过;  优于;  胜过;  非…所能办到;

词根:sur超过,在……上面+pass通过→在上面通过→超越


 
surplus
英[ˈsɜːpləs]   美[ˈsɜːrplʌs] 
     CET4 | CET6 | 考研| IELTS | TOEFL | GRE
adj.  过剩的;多余的;
n.  剩余额;公积金;顺差;盈余;
词根:sur超过,在……上面+plus多余;加→多出很多
①(N-VAR) 过剩;剩余;过剩量;剩余额
If there is a surplus of something, there is more than is needed.
●Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers. 
德国遭遇了教师过剩的问题。
②(ADJ) 过剩的;剩余的;多余的
Surplus is used to describe something that is extra or that is more than is needed.
●Few people have large sums of surplus cash... 
几乎没人手头很富裕。
●I sell my surplus birds to a local pet shop... 
我把多余的鸟卖给当地的宠物商店。
③(N-COUNT) (贸易)顺差
If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
●Japan's annual trade surplus is in the region of 100 billion dollars. 
日本每年的贸易顺差额在1,000 亿美元左右。
 

形近词:
1、surveillance
英[sɜːˈveɪləns]   美[sɜːrˈveɪləns] 
     CET6 | GRE
n.  盯梢,监督;[法]管制,监视;
词根:sur超过,在……上面+veil面纱+lance→在面纱上看[隔了一层纱]看→临视
①(N-UNCOUNT) (尤指来自警方、军队等组织的)监视,监察
Surveillance is the careful watching of someone, especially by an organizationsuch as the police or the army.
●He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance... 
在被连续监视了一段时间后,他被逮捕了。
●Police swooped on the home after a two-week surveillance operation... 
在两周的监视行动之后,警方突击搜查了那栋房子。
 
2、surcharge 
英 [ˈsɜ:tʃɑ:dʒ]   美 [ˈsɜrtʃɑrdʒ] 
     IELTS | TOEFL | GRE
vt.  追加罚款; 使…装载过多; 使…负担过重; 索高价;
n.  附加费,额外费用; 超载; [法]过高收费行为; 加盖过的邮票(或印花税票);
词根:sur超过,在……上面+charge费用→额外的收费→附加费
① (N-COUNT) 额外费用;附加费;增收费 A surcharge is anextra payment of money in addition to the usual payment for something. It isadded for a specific reason, for example by a company because costs have risenor by a government as a tax.
● The governmentintroduced a 15% surcharge on imports... 
政府对进口产品加收 15 %的附加费。
● The prices ofoverseas holidays are subject to surcharges. 
海外度假游的价格受各种附加费的影响。
 
3、surmount
英 [səˈmaʊnt]   美 [sərˈmaʊnt] 
     IELTS | TOEFL | GRE
vt.  战胜,克服; 登上,攀登; 居于…之上; 顶上覆盖着;
词根:sur超过,在……上面+mount山→在山上→登上
① (VERB) 克服;解决 
If you surmount aproblem or difficulty, you deal successfully with it.
● I realized I had tosurmount the language barrier. 
我意识到我不得不克服语言障碍。
② (VERB) 处于…上面;置于…顶端
If something is surmounted by a particular thing, that thing is on top of it.
● The island is surmounted by a huge black castle. 
岛的最高处耸立着一座巨大的黑色城堡。
 
4、surpass
英 [səˈpɑːs]   美 [sərˈpæs] 
     CET6 | 考研 | IELTS | TOEFL | GRE
vt.  超过; 优于; 胜过; 非…所能办到;
词根:sur超过,在……上面+pass通过→在上面通过→超越
① (VERB) 超过;胜过;优于 
If one person or thing surpasses another, the first is better than, or has more of a particular quality than,the second.
● He was determined to surpass theachievements of his older brothers... 
他决心超越几个哥哥的成就。
● Warwick Arts Centre is the second largestArts Centre in Britain, surpassed in size only by London's Barbican. 
沃里克艺术中心是英国第二大艺术中心,规模仅次于伦敦的巴比肯。
② (VERB) 远远超出(预期) 
If something surpasses expectations, it is much better than it was expected to be.
● Conrad Black gave an excellent party thatsurpassed expectations. 
康拉德·布莱克举办了一次远超人们预期的精彩聚会。
③ (VERB) 超出(理解范围) 
If something surpasses understanding, it is too difficult to understand.
● ...a clever and spectacularly successful system, the detailed complexity of which surpasses our full understanding. 
一个设计巧妙且极其成功的系统,其复杂的细节非我辈所能完全理解
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