| 单词 | glut |
| 释义 | glut (glʌt ) Word forms: gluts , glutting , glutted 1. countable noun [usually singular] If there is a glut of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used. There's a glut of agricultural products in Western Europe. ...a world oil glut. Synonyms: surfeit, excess, surplus, plethora 2. verb If a market is glutted with something, there is a glut of that thing. [business] The region is glutted with hospitals. [be VERB-ed + with] Soldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market. [VERB noun] Synonyms: saturate, flood, choke, clog Collocations: global glut If correct, the forecast means that the global glut in crude is set to grow. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It is simply not a very efficient cartel and there is now a global glut of oil. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Prices are low because of a global glut of oil. The Sun (2015) The company is also grappling with a global glut of natural gas. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The problem is not weak demand but a global glut of supply. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It is simply not a very efficient cartel and there is now a global glut of oil. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Prices are low because of a global glut of oil. The Sun (2015) There is still a glut of oil. The Sun (2015) This flurry has raised concerns that a supply glut could drive the fuel's price south, killing the economics of projects still on the drawing board. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The supply glut is particularly pronounced in America, which has an export ban on crude oil. Times, Sunday Times (2015) And a US fracking boom is adding to the supply glut. The Sun (2014) The world could run out of space to store oil next year as a yawning global supply glut triggers warnings of a shortage of spare capacity. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Lack of infrastructure led to a regional supply glut and sent regional crude oil prices plummeting. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 供应过剩, 供给过多 Japanese: 供給過剰, 供給過剰にする |
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