| 单词 | an embarrassment of choice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasan embarrassment of choice d. The state of having an (overwhelming or encumbering) excess or abundance of wealth, resources, options, etc.; such an excess or abundance. Esp. in embarrassment of riches and an embarrassment of choice. Cf. embarras de richesse n. and embarras de choix n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > superabundance flood1340 overabundancea1382 abundancec1384 excessa1387 superfluitya1387 surcarka1400 superabundance?a1475 superfluencea1477 abundancy?1526 superfluousnessa1540 pleurisya1550 inundation1589 exsuperance1603 plethory1606 overplus1609 exuberancy1611 redoundancy1623 superabundancy1628 exsuperancy1638 exuberance1638 floodings1674 plethora1700 embarrassment1815 profligacy1834 overfullness1884 1815 in D. Defoe Robinson Crusoe (new ed.) 240 (note) A very familiar acquaintance with this portion of the coast..is productive of such a redundancy of local information, as to render a choice what is sometimes expressed by the phrase, ‘embarrassment of riches’. 1840 Naut. Standard & Steam Navigation Gaz. 12 June 355/1 The only difficulty is the embarrassment of choice, and the wish of selecting objects which may combine utility with embellishment. 1860 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 7 Apr. 220/2 (title) An embarrassment of suitors. 1902 Rev. of Reviews Nov. 467 The task of selecting cartoons for reproduction grows more difficult every year from the embarrassment of riches. 1932 Blockton (Iowa) News 21 Dec. 4/6 If you go into almost any grocery store..you will find that you have an embarrassment of choice. 1987 Times 20 Oct. 30/5 Perhaps all it needs is for the City's bubble to burst, and the Treasury would find itself with an embarrassment of talent. 2008 A. Houston Benjamin Franklin & Politics of Improvment iii. 122 If a growing population was the key to prosperity, then by the middle of the eighteenth century the Anglo-American world suffered from an embarrassment of riches. < as lemmas |
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