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dead wood

英 [ˌded ˈwʊd]

美 [ˌded ˈwʊd]

n.  冗员; 废物

牛津词典

    noun

    • 冗员;废物
      people or things that have become useless or unnecessary in an organization

      柯林斯词典

      • N-UNCOUNT 不再有用的人(或事物);累赘;冗余
        People or things that have been used for a very long time and that are no longer considered to be useful can be referred to asdead wood.
        1. ...the idea that historical linguistics is so much dead wood.
          认为历史语言学完全冗赘无用的观点

      双语例句

      • Remove dead or damaged wood on your avocado tree at any time to help stimulate growth and prevent further damage to your tree.
        随时剪除你的鳄梨树上的病死枝,以刺激增长并预防未来鳄梨树可能造成的危害。
      • He spent all day sawing up the dead wood.
        他花了一天工夫把枯木锯成板材。
      • In this paper, burrow, dead knot, slipknot are the most three common wood defects for the study, conducted in-depth research on the wood surface defect pattern recognition method.
        本文主要以木材的死节、活节和虫眼三种常见缺陷为研究对象,对木材的缺陷图像分割和模式识别方法进行了深入的研究。
      • You have to cut away some of the dead wood.
        你得把枯枝砍掉一些。从树上砍下一条树枝。
      • Now, a log of dead wood drawn through a forest of legs;
        有时成了一块死木头从森林般的腿丛里拖出。
      • If you cut out all the dead wood, we might consider your book for publication.
        如果你删去所有多余的章节,我们可以考虑出版你的书。
      • Low profits gave the company an excuse to clean out the dead wood.
        盈利低微给了公司裁减冗员的借口。
      • In stark contrast to developed economies, where the printing of words on dead wood is a sunset industry and print journalists are a dying breed, the Chinese newspaper industry is in rude health.
        在发达经济体,平面媒体已是夕阳产业,报刊记者成为一个没落的职业;但与之形成鲜明对比的是,中国的报业却极富活力。
      • But much of it is dead wood.
        但官僚机构的多数是无用的冗员。
      • Making dead wood more bless'd than living lips.
        让死木比活嘴唇更有福缘。