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 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。
• And the overproduction that contacts with this photograph is sex of a kind of relatively superfluous, structure superfluous.
  而与此相联系的生产过剩是一种相对过剩、结构性过剩。
• He didn't know how to blow off his superfluous energy.
  他不知如何发泄过剩的精力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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》。
• 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。
• A metaphor for doing something superfluous, but things broke.
  比喻做了多余的事，反而把事情弄坏。
• 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。