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

• If you cannot find a concrete answer to this question, chances are high that the artifact is superfluous.
  如果您不能找到此问题的具体答案，那么有很大可能性此工件是多余的。
• I realized my presence had become superfluous.
  我认识到我的在场是多余的。
• 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”。
• Feeling tired to take one more step is superfluous.
  累到感觉多走一步都是多余的。
• After that I give no explanation will be "superfluous explanation".
  从此之后我给的任何解释都将是《多余的解释》。
• 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。
• I had not been using maps at all, they were superfluous with Eddie around.
  我压根儿没用过地图，有埃迪在一旁，地图就纯属多余的了。
• 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。
• Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements.
  以对多余成分的极度经济的表达或者省略为特点。
• Some people are highly organized, love folders, and desktop search might be completely superfluous to them.
  而有些人，组织能力特别好，钟情于文件夹，那么桌面搜索也许对他们完全是多余的。