surplus
剩余,剩余的,盈余,过剩
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Definitions
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- : something that remains above what is used or needed.
- : an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed.
- : agricultural produce or a quantity of food grown by a nation or area in excess of its needs, especially such a quantity of food purchased and stored by a governmental program of guaranteeing farmers a specific price for certain crops.
- : Accounting. the excess of assets over liabilities accumulated throughout the existence of a business, excepting assets against which stock certificates have been issued; excess of net worth over capital-stock value.an amount of assets in excess of what is requisite to meet liabilities.
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- : being a surplus; being in excess of what is required: surplus wheat.
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Examples
Far from helping to explain the southpaw surplus, the platoon effect must actually suppress the number of left-handed pitchers.
I mean, don’t get me started on ethanol, because that’s the next step in reducing the surplus.
Just a few months ago, states like New Mexico were talking about a huge budget surplus.
Careful analysis of meteorites by Dworkin and others has found that certain “live” amino acids outnumber “evil” ones by 20% or more, a surplus they may have passed on to Earth.
Such a property would allow them to scatter with electrons at an enhanced rate, explaining the surplus of electronic recoils.
Scottish farmers had already been making whisky in the area for centuries with their surplus barley.
Sergei was wearing his uniform off-duty when I met him: a khaki t-shirt and a pair of army surplus pants.
In September 2013, the government reported a surplus of $75.1 billion.
This is an era of change coming thick and fast after the war, and London is a city of surplus women and new class mobility.
But we now have all this surplus military weaponry going to police forces.
We did plan a great trip—father and mother and Tim and I—we were going to England together when the farm showed a surplus.