surplus
n[C, U]
1 amount left over after one has used all that one needs; amount by which money received is greater than money spent 剩余(額); 過剩; 盈余; 順差
Surpluses of food can be sold for cash. 多余的食物可賣錢.
We have a trade surplus of 400 million. 我們有 4 億英鎊的貿易順差.
a time of great surplus followed by a time of shortage 物資大量過剩時期, 隨之而來的物資短缺時期
[attrib 作定語]
an army surplus store, ie one selling clothes, equipment, etc no longer needed by the army 剩余軍用物資商店(出售軍服、 裝備品等的). Cf 參看 deficit.
2 (idm 習語) in `surplus having a surplus 有剩余; 有盈余
Our trade is in surplus, ie We are exporting more than we are importing. 我國貿易出現出超(出口量大於進口量). surplus, adj ~ (to sth) more than is needed or used 剩余的; 過剩的
surplus labour, ie workers for whom there are no jobs 剩余勞動力
a sale of surplus stock 剩余存貨廉價出售
This food is surplus to requirements. 這種食物供過於求.