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

• 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。
• 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。
• This would be superfluous at best, and perhaps disastrous.
  这种做法往好处说是多余，甚至可能是灾难性的。
• 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。
• All this talk is superfluous.
  所有这些话都是多余的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• A metaphor for doing something superfluous, but things broke.
  比喻做了多余的事，反而把事情弄坏。