| 词汇 | superfluity |
| 释义 | superfluity noun[ C or U ] formaluk /ˌsuː.pəˈfluː.ə.ti/ us /ˌsuː.pɚˈfluː.ə.t̬i/ an amount of something that is more than is needed or wanted, or the state of being more than is wanted or needed: 冗余 The new director has said that there is a superfluity of staff in the organization, and that cuts must be made.新的总监说过机构人员有冗余，必须要减员。 See superfluous There is so much materialistic superfluity in today's society that retailers are desperate to push any product that the typical household does not already possess. She was depressed by a sense of her own superfluity. We have a superfluity of restaurants (45 within a quarter mile of the Tube) but it is a mixed community. The text is full of barbarisms, tautologies, and superfluities. Too much and unnecessary ado be up to your neck (in something)idiom bellyful binge carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom drown gush heavy-handed hyper immoderate immoderately inappeasable infest play gooseberryidiom plenty pleonasm pleonastic plethora unwarranted weigh someone/something down Examples of superfluitysuperfluity Such structure suggests an emotional superfluity flowing over the normal sestina. It was the contribution to the logistics on site which made these ornaments acceptable where they otherwise would have been rejected as designers' superfluity. While the various cases are carefully distinguished, the overall superfluity of devices is suspicious. In this approach the system can acquire what it needs according to its application and ignore superfluities, or irrelevant or intemperate knowledge. The old represent needs, the new generally represent superfluities and sometimes mere decorations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said there is a superfluity of finer yarns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had a superfluity of dubious evidence that has been countermanded by the inspectors themselves when they have looked at it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do they expect that owners of agricultural property should produce the necessary death duties out of the superfluity of their savings or of their accumulations? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rather, we must set aside superfluities and hindrances, devoting ourselves without further ado to the task in hand. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There is one section in our population that has no superfluity, no comfort, and not even necessaries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They see with scorn an ever-growing superfluity of officials and inspectors, a daily deterioration in efficiency and a relentless intensification of muddle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us have any superfluities which we can do without. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a superfluity of raw wool in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is continued overlapping, continued duplication, continued superfluity of effort and energy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recall his complaints about the superfluity of words in legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of superfluity These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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