embarrassment of riches

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词形变化

embarrassments of riches 复数 embarrassments of riches

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing.

    习语

词源

Calque of French embarras des richesses, from John Ozell's 1738 translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726) by Léonor Jean Christine Soulas d'Allainval.

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