"trying to lose excess weight"
"found some extra change lying on the dresser"
"yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"
"skills made redundant by technological advance"
"sleeping in the spare room"
"supernumerary ornamentation"
"it was supererogatory of her to gloat"
"delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"
"extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"
"surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
surplus的用法和樣例:
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
Mexico has a large surplus of oil. 墨西哥有大量過剩的石油。
Countries with surplus are called creditor nations. 有順差的國家則稱為債權國。