| 单词 | surplus |
| 释义 | surplus (sɜːʳpləs ) Word forms: surpluses 1. variable noun If there is a surplus of something, there is more than is needed. Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers. [+ of] Synonyms: excess, surfeit, superabundance, superfluity 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun, Also v-link ADJ to n] Surplus is used to describe something that is extra or that is more than is needed. Few people have large sums of surplus cash. I sell my surplus birds to a local pet shop. The houses are being sold because they are surplus to requirements. Synonyms: extra, spare, excess, remaining 3. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] 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. 4. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] If a government has a budget surplus, it has spent less than it received in taxes. The Government also runs a modest budget surplus. Collocations: achieve a surplus They want to achieve a surplus on the overall budget and so would not be happy to borrow to invest. Times, Sunday Times He has promised to achieve a surplus on the nation's overall budget by 2018-19. Times, Sunday Times We are the only member to achieve a surplus for the past seven years. Globe and Mail Achieving that surplus may be less important. Times, Sunday Times Others may struggle to collect food surplus from stores on a daily basis, especially as often our stores closed late at night. Times, Sunday Times Potatoes provided a reliable food surplus, which enabled longer and more sustained military campaigns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They had little need for foraging and grew to an advanced civilization due to food surplus. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Repeated experimental exposure of birds to a food surplus significantly increases the rate at which they impale freshly caught prey. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This allowed the region, which previously had a food shortage, to have food surplus, allowing the military to be supported. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We can do that while still running a healthy surplus to bear down on our debt. Times, Sunday Times Islanders bought into the scheme at 25 a share and it operates at a healthy surplus. Times, Sunday Times Because they know that if they were in a healthy surplus their annual financial settlement would be reduced. Times, Sunday Times Yet world population has multiplied many times and farmers produce a healthy surplus of food in good years and bad. Times, Sunday Times This would be a matter of urgency even if the public finances were in a healthy surplus. Times, Sunday Times But it owed 58,073, meaning a net surplus of just 28,378. The Sun That comes after the group's pension swung from a net surplus of 2 billion last year to a deficit of 2.9 billion this year. Times, Sunday Times That should achieve a net surplus of 17 million. Times, Sunday Times The public finances registered a larger than expected net surplus last month of 4.8 billion, but this was still down from the 6.4 billion of a year earlier. Times, Sunday Times Their 2014 net surplus — the post-tax profits from which dividends can be paid — totalled 64.3bn, 8.8% lower than in the previous year and a whopping 41% below their 2011 peak. Times, Sunday Times The last half-year trade surplus was in the first half of 1997 — more than 22 years ago — and it contributed to an overall surplus for the year. Times,Sunday Times He said that he would have to 'go further' than the 30 billion a year of cuts in two years outlined in the election campaign to achieve an overall surplus. Times, Sunday Times Add in our $25.9bn surplus in trade in services (financial, insurance, technical consulting) and we have an overall surplus of $2.7bn. Times, Sunday Times There was an overall surplus among the 147 trusts of 133million - down from 491million. The Sun The state consistently produces an overall surplus. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a clean balance sheet - surplus cash of 38 million at the half-year stage - experienced management, and a strong international brand. Times, Sunday Times At present, the company returns all surplus cash via special dividends. Times, Sunday Times Unlike overpayments, putting surplus cash or savings into an offset facility also means that it can be withdrawn when needed. Times, Sunday Times He has got $550 million of surplus cash, which he could just hand back. Times, Sunday Times Next expects to generate 350 million of surplus cash this year. Times, Sunday Times The society also operate a vegetable exchange where surplus crops are swapped. The Sun By selling their surplus crops, the locals acquired small amounts of property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tenants pay rent to the agent and gave him first option on surplus crops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They sell or barter surplus crops for essentials they can not make themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Surplus crops were sold to passing ships and mainland markets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These run surplus electricity through water, where a process known as electrolysis separates the hydrogen from the oxygen. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday power prices for this weekend were already negative as traders sought to offload surplus electricity. Times,Sunday Times They could even make money by selling any surplus electricity the turbine generates. The Sun The profits from selling surplus electricity rarely get reinvested in local communities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And if surplus electricity can be exported, the scheme will turn into a moneyspinner for the island. Times, Sunday Times The regulator wants to make it easier for customers to charge suppliers for surplus energy that they supply back to the networks. Times, Sunday Times This supplies 1.5 million homes and about a quarter of a million businesses, with enough surplus energy to export to other countries. Times,Sunday Times I contacted the energy giant to see if it wanted to buy my surplus energy under the feed-in tariff. Times, Sunday Times Surplus energy would be stored in an electric car or scooter, which would act as a battery when plugged into the house. Times, Sunday Times And if there's still surplus energy to burn off, you can try the playground and sports pitches. The Sun It also includes a special bonus paid out of the surplus funds in its inherited estate. Times, Sunday Times That requires speculative investment that can only be harmed by the diminution of surplus funds. Times, Sunday Times Surely a financial vehicle can be devised to attract the surplus funds held in the private sector and put them to good use. Times, Sunday Times She said she was disappointed the payments announced yesterday were to be made over three years as the surplus funds were available now. The Sun That rate applies to the surplus funds lent out to the system as a whole over the course of each week. Times, Sunday Times So far, 25,000 users have signed up to give away surplus goods or pick up something for dinner. Times, Sunday Times He made his fortune in 'dollar store' outlets selling surplus goods and from buying collapsed companies. Times, Sunday Times Most companies from time to time end up with surplus goods, liquidated goods and bankrupt stock. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The research came as ministers urged councils to sell surplus land and buildings to provide more sites for new homes. The Sun It must generate 545 million from the sale of surplus land. Times, Sunday Times It claims that a further 5 billion can be saved by 2020 if the government continues to sell off surplus land and buildings. Times, Sunday Times More than 18 billion has been raised so far, much of it by offloading surplus land and property. Times, Sunday Times They would cut through planning red tape and free up surplus land, making houses more affordable by increasing the supply of new homes. Times, Sunday Times These are filling up fast, making it ever more expensive to get rid of surplus oil and pushing down prices globally. Times,Sunday Times The cartel pledged yesterday to remove an overhang of surplus oil in the market by not exceeding its target production of 24.8 million barrels per day (bpd). Times, Sunday Times In theory that would start to eat into an overhang of surplus oil that has been building up in storage facilities around the world. Times, Sunday Times Oil and gas exploration and production, however, has increased in reaction to high energy prices and a reduced worldwide surplus oil production capacity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Purchasing managers scoop up surplus stock from manufacturers in cut-price deals. Times, Sunday Times (2012) That strong spring trading means that there is little surplus stock left in the shops before the winter selling season. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A pulping skip, however, awaits surplus stock. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He estimates that innovators capture just 2.2% of the total surplus of their inventions. Times, Sunday Times Furthermore, the measured difference between economic depreciation and actual depreciation charges will either add or lower the magnitude of total surplus value. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If the proportion of unproductive labor increases, total surplus value will then also increase, with the effect of raising the rate of profit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Income for those tow years produced a total surplus of $11,500. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Trade liberalization increases total surplus of trading nations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 多余的, 剩余 Japanese: 余分な, 余り |
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