| 词汇 | superfluous |
| 释义 | superfluousWord family nounsuperfluitysuperfluousnesssuperfluxadverbsuperfluouslyadjectivesuperfluous su·per·flu·ous /suːˈpɜːfluəs $ -ˈpɜːr-/ adjectiveadj formal NEED#more than is needed or wanted 多余的，过剩的，不必要的 SYN unnecessary a modern building with no superfluous decoration 一栋没有多余装饰的现代建筑 —superfluously adverbadv Examples from the Corpus superfluous• Idem, my tie, conservative enough with its narrow bands of maroon and white, but here superfluous.• Loss of active swimming habits may have rendered the complex suture lines superfluous.• We're cutting out superfluous layers of managers.• I take issue with the view that district ethics committees are superfluous once central committees have approved a multicentre project.• But the human personality of a particular body is not superfluous when we fall in love with some one whose body it is.• Nature abhors the superfluous, yet is constrained to produce the seemingly extravagant. (1300-1400) Latin superfluus, from superfluere “to overflow” |
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