superfluous
英 [suːˈpɜːfluəs]
美 [suːˈpɜːrfluəs]
adj. 过剩的; 过多的; 多余的
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- 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。
- She gave him a look that made words superfluous.
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.- My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous...
我去参加下午的活动是多此一举。 - 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。
- My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous...
英英释义
adj
- more than is needed, desired, or required
- trying to lose excess weight
- found some extra change lying on the dresser
- yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- skills made redundant by technological advance
- sleeping in the spare room
- supernumerary ornamentation
- it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy
- serving no useful purpose
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
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。