excess /ɪkˈses/adj.过量的、额外的;n.过量、过剩
【短语】:
in excess of(较...为多)
Excess capacity(产能过剩)
【经典例句】:
He pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.(他对过量饮酒后驾车一事表示服罪。)
【搭配】:
in/to excess 过分;过度
— She insisted that he did not drink to excess.
她坚持叫他不要喝过头。
in excess of 大于,多于
— The increase will not be in excess of two per cent.
增幅不会超过百分之二。
【真题复现】:
Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year-about 64 items per person 一 and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.【2013-Text 2】
【真题翻译】:
她发现美国人每年购买的衣服约达 200 亿件—大约平均每人 64 件(衣服)—无论他 们赠送出去多少(衣服),这种过量都导致了浪费。