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excess

noun
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🔊/ɪkˈses/
🔊/ɪkˈses/
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  1.  
    [singular, uncountable] more than is necessary, reasonable or acceptable超过；过度；过分
    • You can throw away any excess.凡多余的你都可以扔掉。🔊🔊
    • excess of something Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?你生活中的压力太大吗？🔊🔊
    • In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late.我一时热情过度答应了加班。🔊🔊
    • to excess He started drinking to excess after losing his job.他失业后便开始酗酒了。🔊🔊
    • in excess of something The increase will not be in excess of (= more than) two per cent.增加幅度不会超过百分之二。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • ‘Avoid excess’ is the golden rule for a healthy life.健康生活的一条黄金定律就是“避免过度”。
    • a large excess of gas严重过量的煤气
    • His statements cannot be simply dismissed as rhetorical excess.不能简单地把他的陈述斥之为夸大之辞。
    • The car can travel at speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour.该车的车速能达到每小时 150 英里以上。
    • The drug can be harmful if taken in excess.过量服用这种药可能有害。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • rhetorical
    • stylistic
    • verbal
    • …
    verb + excess
    • avoid
    • contain
    • curb
    • …
    preposition
    • in excess
    • to excess
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    [countable, usually singular, uncountable] an amount by which something is larger than something else过多的量；超过的量
    • We cover costs up to £600 and then you pay the excess.我们最多支付 600 英镑的费用，超出的部分由你支付。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • large
    • slight
    preposition
    • in excess of
    • excess of
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  3. [countable, usually singular] (British English)
    (North American English deductible)
    the part of an insurance claim that a person has to pay while the insurance company pays the rest免赔额；自负额
    • There is an excess of £100 on each claim under this policy.本保险单每次索赔均有 100 英镑的免赔额。🔊🔊
    • Increasing the excess on home insurance from the standard £50 to £100 is likely to save 15%.将家庭保险的自付额从标准的50英镑增加到100英镑，可能会节省15％。
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  4. [uncountable] (disapproving) the fact of doing too much of something, especially eating or drinking
    • He gave in to bouts of alcoholic excess.他屈服于酒精过量。
  5. excesses
     [plural] (disapproving) extreme behaviour that is unacceptable, illegal or morally wrong 放肆行为；越轨行为
    • We need a free press to curb government excesses.我们需要新闻自由来约束政府的越轨行为。
    • legislation to control the worst excesses of the press and the courts in relation to rape cases立法来控制媒体和法院在强奸案方面的最严重过失
    Extra Examples
    • Washington has always been a city of wretched excesses.华盛顿一直都是一个极度放纵的城市。
    • the worst excesses committed by the occupying army占领军犯下的残忍暴行🔊🔊
    6. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere ‘go out, surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.

excess

adjective
 
🔊/ˈekses/
🔊/ˈekses/
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    in addition to an amount that is necessary, usual or legal超额的；额外的；附加的；过度的
    • Excess food is stored as fat.多余的食物作为脂肪贮存起来。🔊🔊
    • Driving with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence.血液里酒精含量过高时驾车是严重的违法行为。🔊🔊
    • The book is hard to obtain, because of excess demand following the author’s appearance on TV.由于作者在电视上露面后的需求过多，因此很难获得这本书。
  2. (British English) required as extra payment超过；过度；过分
    • The full excess fare had to be paid.必须支付全额的补票费。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere ‘go out, surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.