- [singular, uncountable]
more than is necessary, reasonable or acceptable 超过；过度；过分 You can throw away any excess. 凡多余的你都可以扔掉。 - excess of something
Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life? 你生活中的压力太大吗？ In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late. 我一时热情过度答应了加班。 - to excess
He started drinking to excess after losing his job. 他失业后便开始酗酒了。 - in excess of something
The increase will not be in excess of (= more than) two per cent. 增加幅度不会超过百分之二。
Extra Examples‘Avoid excess’ is the golden rule for a healthy life. 健康生活的一条黄金定律就是“避免过度”。 a large excess of gas 严重过量的煤气 His statements cannot be simply dismissed as rhetorical excess. 不能简单地把他的陈述斥之为夸大之辞。 The car can travel at speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour. 该车的车速能达到每小时 150 英里以上。 The drug can be harmful if taken in excess. 过量服用这种药可能有害。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rhetorical
- stylistic
- verbal
- …
- avoid
- contain
- curb
- …
- in excess
- to excess
- [countable, usually singular, uncountable]
an amount by which something is larger than something else 过多的量；超过的量 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- slight
- in excess of
- excess of
- [countable, usually singular] (British English) (North American English deductible)
the part of an insurance claim that a person has to pay while the insurance company pays the rest 免赔额；自负额 - [uncountable] (disapproving)
the fact of doing too much of something, especially eating or drinking 过度： 做某事太多的事实，尤其是饮食He gave in to bouts of alcoholic excess. 他因酗酒而屈服了。
- excesses[plural] (disapproving)
extreme behaviour that is unacceptable, illegal or morally wrong 放肆行为；越轨行为 We need a free press to curb government excesses. 我们需要新闻自由来约束政府的越轨行为。 legislation to control the worst excesses of the press and the courts in relation to rape cases 控制媒体和法院在强奸案件中最严重的过度行为的立法
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere ‘go out, surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.