excess

名词 excess:

1. a quantity much larger than is needed
   同义词：surplus, surplusage, nimiety
2. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
   同义词：excessiveness, inordinateness
3. the state of being more than full
   同义词：surfeit, overabundance
4. excessive indulgence
   同义词：overindulgence

形容词 excess:

1. more than is needed, desired, or required
   同义词：extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus

1. His excesses at parties are well known.
   尽人皆知他在聚会上十分放肆。
2. Usury is interest in excess of a legal rate.
   高利贷是指超过法定利率取息。
3. The fat boy went on a diet to get rid of his excess weight.
   这个胖男孩节制饮食以减轻过量的体重。

ex.cess

n.（名词）
The state of exceeding what is normal or sufficient:
超过：超越正常或足够的状态：
例句：
rains that filled the reservoirs to excess.
大雨使水库的水超过了蓄水容量

An amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; a surplus.
超额量：超过正常或所需或数额的数量；盈余
The amount or degree by which one quantity exceeds another:
多余量：一个数目超出另一个数目的数量或程度：
例句：
Profit is the excess of sales over costs.
利润就是价格超出成本的部分

Intemperance; overindulgence:
放肆：无节制；放肆的行为：
例句：
drank to excess.
过量饮酒

A behavior or an action that exceeds proper or lawful bounds:
过分的行为，暴行：举止或行为超过了正常的或法律的界限：
例句：
tried to avoid engaging in emotional excesses such as hysteria and fits of temper.
尽量避免陷于象歇斯底里这样的感情冲动

adj.（形容词）
Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:
过量的，过多的：超过了通常的、所需的或允许的限度：
例句：
skimming off the excess fat.See Synonyms at superfluous
撇去多余的脂肪参见 superfluous

v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.cessed,ex.cess.ing,ex.cess.es
To eliminate the job or position of.
对…暂不聘任：除去工作或职务

<习惯用语>in excess of
Greater than; more than:
大于；多于：
例句：
unit sales in excess of 20 million.
股票售价超过两千万

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin excessus [past participle of] excôdere [to exceed] * see exceed
源自 拉丁语 excessus [] excôdere的过去分词 [超过] *参见 exceed