Word · Frequency #22370
surfeit
使…过多；使…饮食过度；使…生腻
To fill, feed, or supply (someone or something) with more than is needed or wanted; to satisfy (an appetite) to excess.
- 1.
To fill (something) to excess.
过度填满(某物)。
- 2.
To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
过量喂食(某人)(某物)。
- 3.
To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
因过量食用而使(某人)生病。
- 4.
To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
过量供应(某人)某物；因过多而使(某人)厌恶。
- 5.
To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess.
过度满足(某人的食欲)。
- 6.
To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
过量进食或喂养(某物)。
- 7.
To indulge (in something) to excess.
过度沉溺于(某事)。
- 8.
To become sick from overindulgence.
因放纵过度而生病。
（使）因饮食过量而生病；暴食；过量食用；过度沉溺；过度填满(某物)。；过量喂食(某人)(某物)。；因过量食用而使(某人)生病。
In use
The heavy cream sauce surfeited the guests, so they could hardly finish their dessert.
He surfeited himself on chocolate during the holiday.
Don't surfeit your child with sugary drinks.
surfeit oneself with sth
通常用于饮食或享受的过度。
He surfeited himself with chocolates until he felt sick.
他吃巧克力吃到厌腻，直到感到恶心。
be surfeited with sth
被动结构，强调状态。
The audience was surfeited with sentimental dramas.
观众对煽情戏剧感到厌倦。
surfeit on sth
作不及物动词，后接on表示在某方面过度。
Connections
Collocations
- surfeit oneself on
- 暴食；过量食用
- He surfeited himself on chocolate.他暴食了巧克力。
- be surfeited with
- 对…感到腻烦；因…过多而生腻
- The public is surfeited with celebrity gossip.公众对名人八卦感到腻烦。
- surfeit someone with
- 用…使某人腻烦；过量向某人提供…
- The channel surfeits viewers with reality shows.该频道用真人秀节目让观众感到腻烦。
- surfeit the market with
- 以…充斥市场
- The manufacturer surfeited the market with cheap toys.该制造商用廉价玩具充斥了市场。
Pop culture & quotes
- If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 'surf'（冲浪）+ 'it'：浪太多会溺水，食物太多会撑病——surfeit 就是‘过量’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学散文、历史叙述 该词多用于正式或文学语境，表示“使过量、使饮食过度”或“沉溺于某物”，日常口语中较少见。通常带有负面或过度的含义，使用时需注意句子语气偏向书面化。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words end in the sound /fɪt/, matching surfeit's final syllable. But none rhymes with surfeit, because the stress in surfeit falls on the first syllable (the 'sur' part), not on the final /fɪt/. Forfeit and counterfeit are spelling lookalikes ending in -feit, but their first vowels are /ɔːr/ and /aʊntər/ respectively, not the same as surfeit's 'sur'. Fit, profit, benefit, and outfit end in -fit, which is pronounced like -feit, but their stressed vowels differ.
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