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

• What I said may seem superfluous, but I do hope you'll give it a little more thought.
  我说的也可能是废话，不过还是请你再考虑考虑。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• It is because of these two superfluous things that China has become a colonial, semi-colonial and semi-feudal country.
  由于多了这两件东西，所以中国就变成了殖民地半殖民地半封建的国家。
• A metaphor for doing something superfluous, but things broke.
  比喻做了多余的事，反而把事情弄坏。
• In2010, it is suddenly superfluous, or so we like to pretend.
  然而到了2010年，它突然成了多余的东西，或者说被我们看作是一个累赘。
• 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。
• Feeling tired to take one more step is superfluous.
  累到感觉多走一步都是多余的。
• 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。