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

• 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。
• Superfluous namespace declarations are removed from each element.
  删除各元素中多余的名称空间声明。
• 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。
• It would be superfluous to dwell on the matter any more.
  不待赘言。
• 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。
• Superfluous information; driving licence or school grades.
  多馀的资讯，例如驾驶证和学校等级。
• Feeling tired to take one more step is superfluous.
  累到感觉多走一步都是多余的。
• I realized my presence had become superfluous.
  我认识到我的在场是多余的。
• 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。
• In2010, it is suddenly superfluous, or so we like to pretend.
  然而到了2010年，它突然成了多余的东西，或者说被我们看作是一个累赘。