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 metaphor for doing something superfluous, but things broke.
  比喻做了多余的事，反而把事情弄坏。
• 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。
• 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》。
• Superfluous namespace declarations are removed from each element.
  删除各元素中多余的名称空间声明。
• All this talk is superfluous.
  所有这些话都是多余的。
• Superfluous information; driving licence or school grades.
  多馀的资讯，例如驾驶证和学校等级。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( of plants or trees) shaped by having superfluous branches or shoots trimmed back or cut off.
  （植物和树）把分枝或芽作为多余的东西被剪掉或切断的。
• 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。