glut

Related topics: Trade

glut1 /ɡlʌt/ noun [countableC usually singular]

BBTTOO/TOO MUCHa supply of something, especially a product or crop, that is more than is needed 供应过剩 OPP shortage

glut of

a glut of oil on the world market

国际市场石油供过于求

Examples from the Corpus

glut• Frieder could have a glut of scholarships available on short notice.• When there is a glut of milk more products like yoghurt are made.• Against overwhelming odds, I surrendered myself and watched a glut of documentaries about the military hardware.• The crucial part was what came between those two goals, however, with a glut of chances going begging.• A glut of bonds on the market pushed prices down.• The quota system did it; there was a milk glut.• And for the pleasure of it I apply my rule to the urban world of glut.• No critical shortages or gluts livened things up this year for traders in the futures pits at the New York Mercantile Exchange.• The Internet should be available to the public without all the glut and advertising we have to pay to get it.• In many cases the salvaged timber was sold, albeit at prices depressed by the glut of timber on the market.

glut2 verb (glutted, glutting) [transitiveT]

to cause something to have too much of something 使供应过剩，充斥

the glutted property market

已经饱和的房地产市场

Examples from the Corpus

glut• Manufacturers continue to glut communities with handguns, assault weapons and ammunition.• There was no feeling sorry: he took down too many days for easeful sorrow; he glutted on ruin.

glutted ... market• However throughout the 1980s prices have declined in a glutted market.

From Longman Business Dictionary

glutglut1 /glʌt/ noun [countableC usually singular]COMMERCE

a supply of something that is more than is needed, caused by producing too much of it

A world-wide glut of memory chips should prevent prices from rising.

OPEC cut production in an effort to prevent anoil glut

glutglut2 verb (glutted, glutting)

COMMERCEMARKETING glut the market to produce a supply of something that is more than is needed, causing its price to fall

The market is already glutted with unsold properties.

—glutted adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

Hawaii’s glutted luxury-hotel industry

Origin glut2

(1300-1400) Probably from Old French gloutir “to swallow”, from Latin gluttire

单词	glut
释义	glut Related topics: Trade glut1 /ɡlʌt/ noun [countableC usually singular] BBTTOO/TOO MUCHa supply of something, especially a product or crop, that is more than is needed 供应过剩 OPP shortage glut of a glut of oil on the world market 国际市场石油供过于求 Examples from the Corpus glut• Frieder could have a glut of scholarships available on short notice.• When there is a glut of milk more products like yoghurt are made.• Against overwhelming odds, I surrendered myself and watched a glut of documentaries about the military hardware.• The crucial part was what came between those two goals, however, with a glut of chances going begging.• A glut of bonds on the market pushed prices down.• The quota system did it; there was a milk glut.• And for the pleasure of it I apply my rule to the urban world of glut.• No critical shortages or gluts livened things up this year for traders in the futures pits at the New York Mercantile Exchange.• The Internet should be available to the public without all the glut and advertising we have to pay to get it.• In many cases the salvaged timber was sold, albeit at prices depressed by the glut of timber on the market. glut2 verb (glutted, glutting) [transitiveT] to cause something to have too much of something 使供应过剩，充斥 the glutted property market 已经饱和的房地产市场 Examples from the Corpus glut• Manufacturers continue to glut communities with handguns, assault weapons and ammunition.• There was no feeling sorry: he took down too many days for easeful sorrow; he glutted on ruin. glutted ... market• However throughout the 1980s prices have declined in a glutted market. From Longman Business Dictionary glutglut1 /glʌt/ noun [countableC usually singular]COMMERCE a supply of something that is more than is needed, caused by producing too much of it A world-wide glut of memory chips should prevent prices from rising. OPEC cut production in an effort to prevent anoil glut glutglut2 verb (glutted, glutting) COMMERCEMARKETING glut the market to produce a supply of something that is more than is needed, causing its price to fall The market is already glutted with unsold properties. —glutted adjectiveadj [only before a noun] Hawaii’s glutted luxury-hotel industry Origin glut2 (1300-1400) Probably from Old French gloutir “to swallow”, from Latin gluttire
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