otiose

英 [ˈəʊtiəʊs]

美 [ˈoʊʃioʊs]

adj.  多余的; 无用的

GRE

BNC.36738

牛津词典

adj.

• 多余的；无用的
  having no useful purpose
  1. an otiose round of meetings
     一轮无用的会议

英英释义

adj

• disinclined to work or exertion
  1. faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
  2. an indolent hanger-on
  3. too lazy to wash the dishes
  4. shiftless idle youth
  5. slothful employees
  6. the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
  Synonym:faineantindolentlazyslothfulwork-shy
• producing no result or effect
  1. a futile effort
  2. the therapy was ineffectual
  3. an otiose undertaking
  4. an unavailing attempt
  Synonym:futileineffectualunavailing
• 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:pointlesspurposelesssenselesssuperfluouswasted

双语例句

• What can the US Government do to atone its failure to safeguard and protect these Iraqi national treasures? It is otiose to say that no amount of monetary recompense to Iraq can adequately compensate it for the irreplaceable loss of its sacred cultural heritage.
  美国要如何弥补它的过失呢？伊拉克所失去的珍贵文化遗产是金钱所不能补偿的。
• Objective To study the antitumor activity of otiose and coumarin in novobiocin.
  目的研究新生霉素的结构单元诺维糖和香豆素的抗肿瘤活性。
• Toward you, I will push away some otiose social partieses but some go home early, because I know that you would be very lonesome at home, and will be surprised for my load to be subjected to fear.
  我向你保证，我将推开一些不必要的应酬而早些回家，因为我知道你会在家里很寂寞，而且会为我担惊受怕。
• As an important part of quality education, PE teaching must adapt to it perfectly and take Otiose of the formation of an integral system of students 'physical qualities. It's the Inevitable demand for the development of PE teaching in the new century.
  体育教学作为素质教育的重要组成部分，必须适应素质教育的要求，注重学生完整体能素质体系的构建，这是新世纪学校体育教学发展的必然要求。
• Summary above I think the link PR of high quality must not have, one it just is GG measures a level, it is otiose to Baidu.
  总结以上我认为高质量的链接PR不一定要有，它只不过是GG的一个衡量标准，对百度是没有用的。
• Because abandon otiose burden, the life would be more fine.
  因为抛弃了不必要的包袱，生活才会更美好。
• But such doing is complete otiose, when the person that should visit discovers this website is not the content that they want, they can leave instantly.
  但是这样做是完全没有用的，当访问者发现这个网站不是他们想要的内容的时候，他们就会立即离开。
• In the knowledge that learned during school, can say basically otiose.
  在校期间学了的知识，可以说基本上没有用的。
• It is otiose to say that no amount of monetary recompense to Iraq can adequately compensate it for the irreplaceable loss of its sacred cultural heritage.
  伊拉克所失去的珍贵文化遗产是金钱所不能补偿的。
• A futile effort; the therapy was ineffectual; an otiose undertaking; an unavailing attempt.
  无用的努力；这个治疗方法没有效果；无用的承诺；无用的尝试。