dead wood

英 [ˌded ˈwʊd]

美 [ˌded ˈwʊd]

n.  冗员; 废物

牛津词典

noun

• 冗员；废物
  people or things that have become useless or unnecessary in an organization

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 不再有用的人(或事物);累赘;冗余
  People or things that have been used for a very long time and that are no longer considered to be useful can be referred to asdead wood.
  1. ...the idea that historical linguistics is so much dead wood.
     认为历史语言学完全冗赘无用的观点

双语例句

• Taxonomic Studies on Fallen Dead Wood Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes from Hainan and Yunnan Provinces of China
  中国海南、云南两省凋落枯枝暗色丝孢真菌分类研究
• Studies on the technology of processing charcoal for the treatment of dead pine wood
  加工活性炭处理松材线虫病死木技术的研究
• They are like clear-cutting a forest, not removing dead wood.
  这样做就好比夷平整座森林，而不是砍掉几棵枯树。
• The results showed that not only the symptoms on cross sections of the dead elm wood but also the morphology of the fungi were different from those caused by Dutch elm disease.
  从榆木枯萎症状，病菌形态及接种后无死亡现象的结果表明，均与世界流行的荷兰榆病无相似之处。
• If you cut out some of the dead wood, the firm might begin to show a profit.
  如果你能裁减一些冗员，公司可能就会赢得。
• He spent all day sawing up the dead wood.
  他花了一天工夫把枯木锯成板材。
• Making dead wood more bless'd than living lips.
  让死木比活嘴唇更有福缘。
• You have to cut away some of the dead wood.
  你得把枯枝砍掉一些。从树上砍下一条树枝。
• Low profits gave the company an excuse to clean out the dead wood.
  盈利低微给了公司裁减冗员的借口。
• Cut the dead wood away from the trees.
  剪掉树上的枯枝。