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superfluous adj.多余的；过剩的；不必要的 (1) 把多余的杯子都重新装入箱中。(2) 早就有人同他说过，所以我们的意见是多余的。(3) 市场已经过剩了。(4) 她把草稿中不必要的词句都杠掉了。(5) 写电报稿要省去不必要的文字。 Superfluous (soo-PER-floo-uhs) means "more than required." Use it when pointing out something that could be removed without detracting from the quality of something: "For a climb over a glacier, the very thickest shoes are absolutely necessary; beyond these, all else seems superfluous to me," wrote the adventurer Charles Stoddard in 1899. The word comes from Latin and literally means "overflowing": super, "over" + fluere, "to flow." So you can think of a superfluous addition as flowing over the boundaries of what's needed.

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英 [suː'pɜːfluəs] 美 [suː'pɜːrfluəs] (1) Repack all the superfluous cups in the box.(2) He has already been told, so our comments are superfluous.(3) The market is already superfluous.(4) She crossed out all the superfluous words and phrases in the draft.(5) In writing telegrams omit superfluous words. When something is so unnecessary that it could easily be done away with, like a fifth wheel on a car or a fifth person on a double date, call it superfluous. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]多余的；过剩的；不必要的 Something that is superfluous is unnecessary or is no longer needed. My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous...我去参加下午的活动是多此一举。I rid myself of many superfluous belongings and habits that bothered me.我把很多无用的物品都丢掉了，并且改掉了一些让我烦心的习惯。

英语单词	superfluous
英美音标	英 [suː'pɜːfluəs] 美 [suː'pɜːrfluəs]
中文释义	adj.多余的；过剩的；不必要的
英语例句	(1) Repack all the superfluous cups in the box. (2) He has already been told, so our comments are superfluous. (3) The market is already superfluous. (4) She crossed out all the superfluous words and phrases in the draft. (5) In writing telegrams omit superfluous words.
中文例句	(1) 把多余的杯子都重新装入箱中。 (2) 早就有人同他说过，所以我们的意见是多余的。 (3) 市场已经过剩了。 (4) 她把草稿中不必要的词句都杠掉了。 (5) 写电报稿要省去不必要的文字。
vocabulary简明	When something is so unnecessary that it could easily be done away with, like a fifth wheel on a car or a fifth person on a double date, call it superfluous.
vocabulary扩展	Superfluous (soo-PER-floo-uhs) means "more than required." Use it when pointing out something that could be removed without detracting from the quality of something: "For a climb over a glacier, the very thickest shoes are absolutely necessary; beyond these, all else seems superfluous to me," wrote the adventurer Charles Stoddard in 1899. The word comes from Latin and literally means "overflowing": super, "over" + fluere, "to flow." So you can think of a superfluous addition as flowing over the boundaries of what's needed.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]多余的；过剩的；不必要的 Something that is superfluous is unnecessary or is no longer needed. My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous... 我去参加下午的活动是多此一举。 I rid myself of many superfluous belongings and habits that bothered me. 我把很多无用的物品都丢掉了，并且改掉了一些让我烦心的习惯。

Superfluous Unnecessary Means Needed 英 Suː'Pɜːfluəs] 美 Suː'Pɜːrfluəs Adj.多余的；过剩的；不必要的