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.- ...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
- ...the idea that historical linguistics is so much dead wood.
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。