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Inordinate Amount Time Passion Describe 英 ɪn'ɔːdɪnət] 美 ɪn'ɔːrdɪnət

英语单词 inordinate
英美音标 英 [ɪn'ɔːdɪnət] 美 [ɪn'ɔːrdɪnət]
中文释义 adj.过度的;非常的;无法无天的
英语例句 (1) She had an inordinate fondness for junk food.
(2) The girl has inordinate passion for music.
(3) A winner must be firm and posess strong stamina and inordinate courage.
(4) James hints that his heroine's demands on life are inordinate.
中文例句 (1) 她喜欢吃零食到了无节制的程度。
(2) 这个女孩过分喜爱音乐。
(3) 成功者是需要坚韧的毅力和非凡的勇气的。
(4) 詹姆斯暗示他的女主人公对于人生过于苛求。
vocabulary简明 Something that's excessive or that goes way beyond normal limits is inordinate — like an overly obsessive love for chocolate or a fantasy football junkie who spends an inordinate amount of time checking his team.
vocabulary扩展 The adjective inordinate is the exact opposite of "reasonable" and "moderate." In fact, when you call something inordinate, you're saying it's downright exorbitant and out of proportion. It's often used to describe abnormal amounts of time spent doing something — playing video games at work or canoodling with your girlfriend at school, for example. But as Oscar Wilde once said, “An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.”
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词]极度的;非常的;过度的 If you describe something as inordinate, you are emphasizing that it is unusually or excessively great in amount or degree.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [emphasis]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • They spend an inordinate amount of time talking.

    他们花在说上的时间太多了。

  • ...their inordinate number of pets.

    他们过多的宠物

inordinately
  • He is inordinately proud of his wife's achievements.

    他对妻子的成就骄傲非常。

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