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
- 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。 - They are like clear-cutting a forest, not removing dead wood.
这样做就好比夷平整座森林，而不是砍掉几棵枯树。 - Cut the dead wood away from the trees.
剪掉树上的枯枝。 - Making dead wood more bless'd than living lips.
让死木比活嘴唇更有福缘。 - Production must become more efficient. Some measures need to be taken to cut out the dead wood and streamline production
必须提高生产效率.应采取措施裁汰冗员，以提高生产效率 - Remove ( dead wood, branches, etc) by cutting The land cracked and the springs dried up and the cattle listlessly nibbled dry twings.
剪去（枯木、枯枝等）土地龟裂，泉水干枯，牛儿无精打采地啃着干树枝。 - If you cut out some of the dead wood, the firm might begin to show a profit.
如果你能裁减一些冗员，公司可能就会赢得。 - Taxonomic Studies on Fallen Dead Wood Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes from Hainan and Yunnan Provinces of China
中国海南、云南两省凋落枯枝暗色丝孢真菌分类研究 - Structure and Application of A New High-efficiency and High-Accuracy Slotting Arbor The new manager want to cut out the dead wood and streamline production.
新型高效高精度切槽刀杆结构及应用新经理想精简机构以提高生产效率。 - 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。