| 单词 | surplus to requirement |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurplus to requirement(s) surplus to requirement(s): more than is required or necessary; superfluous; no longer wanted or needed. ΚΠ 1886 Times of India 1 Nov. 2/4 (advt.) Verbal offers will be received..for the purchase of 300 yards superior woollen cloth.., surplus to requirements. 1939 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 38 255 The management should be able to buy and hold tin which has become surplus to requirements owing to production being in excess of current demand. 1963 Times 17 Oct. 5/5 Today their strategic potential has been deemed surplus to requirement and attempts will be made to sell them [sc. sea forts] off individually. 1997 G. Williams Diamond Geezers v. 39 Basically it means sacking people..people being told they ain't needed no longer, that they're surplus to requirements. 2012 Sowetan (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 Sept. The attacking midfielder..has been told he is surplus to requirements after a change of coach. < as lemmas |
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