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superfluous

英 [suːˈpɜːfluəs]

美 [suːˈpɜːrfluəs]

adj.  过剩的; 过多的; 多余的

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13701 / COCA.16195

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 过剩的;过多的;多余的
      more than you need or want
      1. She gave him a look that made words superfluous.
        她看了他一眼,这已表明一切,无须多言了。

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED 多余的;过剩的;不必要的
      Something that issuperfluousis unnecessary or is no longer needed.
      1. My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous...
        我去参加下午的活动是多此一举。
      2. I rid myself of many superfluous belongings and habits that bothered me.
        我把很多无用的物品都丢掉了,并且改掉了一些让我烦心的习惯。

    英英释义

    adj

    • more than is needed, desired, or required
      1. trying to lose excess weight
      2. found some extra change lying on the dresser
      3. yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
      4. skills made redundant by technological advance
      5. sleeping in the spare room
      6. supernumerary ornamentation
      7. it was supererogatory of her to gloat
      8. delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
      9. extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
      10. surplus cheese distributed to the needy
      Synonym:excessextraredundantsparesupererogatorysupernumerarysurplus
    • serving no useful purpose
      1. otiose lines in a play
      2. advice is wasted words
      3. a pointless remark
      4. a life essentially purposeless
      5. senseless violence
      Synonym:otiosepointlesspurposelesssenselesswasted

    双语例句

    • He didn't know how to blow off his superfluous energy.
      他不知如何发泄过剩的精力。
    • Indeed one of Whitehead's words is superfluous, since generality, in this sense, is abstractness.
      确实怀特黑德的话中有个词是多余的,既然有了“普遍性”,就无需说“抽象的”。
    • They are all superfluous and artificial.
      他们全都是浅薄和做作的。
    • A man's condition again good, he had no time to accompany you, is superfluous.
      一个男人的条件再好,他没有时间陪你,也是多余的。
    • Superfluous information; driving licence or school grades.
      多馀的资讯,例如驾驶证和学校等级。
    • ( of plants or trees) shaped by having superfluous branches or shoots trimmed back or cut off.
      (植物和树)把分枝或芽作为多余的东西被剪掉或切断的。
    • It is superfluous to comment on such charges.
      对这种指控作出评论是多余的。
    • But sculpting was so time-consuming, and in a way superfluous, that he ceased doing it.
      但是雕刻是如此花时间,且时间都花在多余的细节上,所以他不再那么做了。
    • We have enough food for the picnic; any more food would be superfluous.
      我们已经为野餐准备了足够的食物,再多的食物将会是多余的。
    • She crossed out all the superfluous words and phrases in the draft.
      她把草稿中不必要的词句都杠掉了。