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
- 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。 - 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”。 - It seems almost superfluous to say how grateful I am to you.
说我对你多么感激似乎是多余的。 - Feeling tired to take one more step is superfluous.
累到感觉多走一步都是多余的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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》。 - It would be superfluous to dwell on the matter any more.
不待赘言。 - He didn't know how to blow off his superfluous energy.
他不知如何发泄过剩的精力。 - A metaphor for doing something superfluous, but things broke.
比喻做了多余的事,反而把事情弄坏。