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

• 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。
• However, at that point, the var keyword is almost superfluous.
  然而，在这种情况下var几乎显得是多余了。
• 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。
• A metaphor for doing something superfluous, but things broke.
  比喻做了多余的事，反而把事情弄坏。
• My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous
  我去参加下午的活动是多此一举。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。