excess
US: /ˈɛkˌsɛs/, /ɪkˈsɛs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
excess /ik'ses/
- danh từ
- sự vượt quá giới hạn, sự quá mức; sự vượt, sự hơn
- số lượng vượt quá, số lượng hơn, thừa ra, số dôi; độ dôi
- neutron excess: (vật lý) số nnơtrôn dôi
- sự thừa mứa
- sự ăn uống quá độ
- (số nhiều) sự làm quá đáng
- (định ngữ) thừa, quá mức qui định
- excess luggage: hành lý quá mức qui định
- in excess of
- hơn quá
- in excessl to excess
- thừa quá
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective
+ noun
1 [sing., U] ~ (of sth) more than is necessary, reasonable or acceptable: Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life? + In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late. + You can throw away any excess. + He started drinking to excess after losing his job. + The increase will not be in excess of (= more than) two per cent.
2 [C, U] an amount by which sth is larger than sth else: We cover costs up to £600 and then you pay the excess.
3 (excesses) [pl.] extreme behaviour that is unacceptable, illegal or immoral: We need a free press to curb government excesses. + legislation to control the worst excesses of the press and the courts in relation to rape cases
+ adjective [only before noun] in addition to an amount that is necessary, usual or legal: Excess food is stored as fat. + Driving with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence. + The book is hard to obtain, because of excess demand following the author's appearance on TV.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 surplus, over-abundance, overflow, superabundance, nimiety, superfluity, surfeit, plethora, glut, redundancy, over-sufficiency, supererogation, leftovers; overkill:
The excess of income over expenses constitutes profit. There is an excess of water on the road after a rainstorm.
2 Often, excesses. debauchery, extravagance, immoderation, prodigality, overindulgence, intemperance, dissipation, dissoluteness:
Because of their excesses they have been shunned by their friends.
adj.
3 surplus, extra, superfluous, excessive, leftover, residual, remaining:
After paying the bills, any excess money goes into savings.
Collocation dictionary
1 large amount of sth
ADJ.
large
PREP.
in ~
The drug can be harmful if taken in excess.
| in ~ of
The vehicle had been travelling at speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour.
| to ~
They never smoked or drank to excess.
| ~ of
a large excess of gas
2 excesses: harmful actions
ADJ.
worst
VERB + EXCESS
avoid, curb | commit, perpetrate
the worst excesses committed by the occupying army
Concise English dictionary
excessesɪk'ses
noun
+a quantity much larger than is needed
+immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
+the state of being more than full
+excessive indulgence
adj.
+more than is needed, desired, or required
