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

• Superfluous information; driving licence or school grades.
  多馀的资讯，例如驾驶证和学校等级。
• 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 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。
• It is superfluous to comment on such charges.
  对这种指控作出评论是多余的。
• Feeling tired to take one more step is superfluous.
  累到感觉多走一步都是多余的。
• Superfluous namespace declarations are removed from each element.
  删除各元素中多余的名称空间声明。
• 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”。
• 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。
• All this talk is superfluous.
  所有这些话都是多余的。
• 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。