plethora

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a plethora of something formalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a very large number of something, usually more than you need 过多［过量］某事物

a plethora of suggestions

一大堆建议

Examples from the Corpus

a plethora of something• There is, to put it briefly, a plethora of offerings to which the term theory has been applied in sociology.• Festivals in his honour are marked by a plethora of flowers, and the lusciously scented frangipani is held sacred to him.• The endemic hypochondria of the Texans was milked by a plethora of expensive clinics which most of them attended.• Despite a plethora of changes, the new models are just £295 more than the cars they replace.• In the wake of the Wall Street Crash Congress enacted a plethora of legislation aimed at ensuring fair and orderly markets.• The city faces a plethora of problems.• Other Republicans foresee a period of intensified investigation into activities of the Clintons and their associates ending with a plethora of indictments.• He knows a plethora of extraneous facts about the arctic and the tropics.• Inside, the church is the shape of the Latin cross, with a plethora of side chapels.

Examples from the Corpus

plethora• The endemic hypochondria of the Texans was milked by a plethora of expensive clinics which most of them attended.• Despite a plethora of changes, the new models are just £295 more than the cars they replace.• Why is there such a plethora of exotic phenomena at the centre, and how can they be explained?• Set up a plethora of new commissions and executive agencies.• And the plethora of morning news and business shows can make certain stories round-the-clock assignments.• Whatever the reason, the plethora of choices has increased the brutally competitive environment for fast-food restaurants in the past year.• The plethora of published research is testimony to this.

Origin plethora

(1500-1600) Medieval Latin Greek, “fullness”, from plethein “to be full”

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BNC: 14354 COCA: 13548

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