I think I ate too much at dinner last night.It was an all-you-can-eat meal at the restaurant. 怎么样翻译其中的 all-you-can-eat?
an all-you-can-eat meal 大致等于汉语的“自助餐”吧。
譬如《麦克米伦高阶美语词典》的讲解就是:
all-you-can-eat adjective AMERICAN:a restaurant that serves all-you-can-eat food will continue serving you as much of that food as you want for a FIXED PRICE