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A superabundance of something is a very large amount of it — more than you need, more than is normal, almost too much. It is stronger than 'plenty' and stronger than 'abundance' on its own. If a farm has an abundance of fruit, there is a lot; if it has a superabundance, the trees are heavy, the boxes are full, and some of the fruit will be wasted. The word is formal and a little literary. You will meet it in writing — books, essays, news articles, reports — much more often than in everyday talk, where people just say 'far too much', 'loads of', or 'more than enough'. It is used for physical things you can count or measure (food, water, oil, goods) and just as often for things you cannot (energy, caution, enthusiasm, information, talent). The usual pattern is 'a superabundance of' plus a noun. The feeling is not always positive: sometimes it praises richness, and sometimes it gently complains that there is so much of something that it loses its value. That double feeling is worth noticing — an author who about 'a superabundance of choice' is usually saying that too much choice makes people unhappy.
過剩、極為充裕(多到用不完、甚至有點多過頭)
組成super- (在…之上、超過) + abundance (充裕、大量). Latin super means 'above, over', so the word means an amount that goes above being abundant. Abundance itself comes from Latin abundare, 'to overflow' — a wave washing over the edge.
同家族的字
- abundantshares abundance — existing in large amounts
- superbshares Latin super — originally 'rising above', so excellent
- superiorshares Latin super — higher, better
- supermarketshares super- — a market above ordinary size
- superabundantthe adjective made from the same two pieces
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
superabundancenoun
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An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive.
- We have not merely an abundance, but a superabundance of enemies at this time; they will need to stand in line to disagree with us.
- Perhaps very young girls, who do not know what to do with a superabundance of affection, run up a kind of romantic liking for each other; but it never lasts—one good-looking young man would break up all the female friendships that ever were formed.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。