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undue adj.过分的；不适当的 (1) 我不想表现出过分的激动。(2) 他这样做是为了制止任何不适当的危机感。(3) 你原先不适当的紧张得以放松，开始了恢复和修整的过程。 Something that's undue isn't warranted or, often, fair. The phrase "undue delay" is a common one, and it means that someone has to wait way too long for something, whether it's a building permit or a dentist appointment. The adjective has come to mean "excessive," from its original definition in the fourteenth century as literally "not owing" or "not payable."

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英 [ˌʌn'djuː] 美 [ˌʌn'duː] (1) I didn't want to show undue excitement.(2) He used it to discourage any undue sense of danger.(3) The old undue grip relaxes and the process of recuperation and repair begins. When something isn't appropriate or justified, you can describe it as undue. For example, an undue delay in a hospital waiting room can be dangerous for someone with a bad injury. 1[ADJ 形容词]过分的；过多的；过度的 If you describe something bad as undue, you mean that it is greater or more extreme than you think is reasonable or appropriate.   [ADJ n]This would help the families to survive the drought without undue suffering...这会帮助那些家庭度过干旱期，不至于遭受太多的苦。It might give the Commission undue influence over the coming negotiations...这可能会在即将开启的谈判问题上给委员会带来过多的影响。It is unrealistic to put undue pressure on ourselves by saying we are the best.说我们是最好的是给自己施加过多的压力，这种做法不切实际。

英语单词	undue
英美音标	英 [ˌʌn'djuː] 美 [ˌʌn'duː]
中文释义	adj.过分的；不适当的
英语例句	(1) I didn't want to show undue excitement. (2) He used it to discourage any undue sense of danger. (3) The old undue grip relaxes and the process of recuperation and repair begins.
中文例句	(1) 我不想表现出过分的激动。 (2) 他这样做是为了制止任何不适当的危机感。 (3) 你原先不适当的紧张得以放松，开始了恢复和修整的过程。
vocabulary简明	When something isn't appropriate or justified, you can describe it as undue. For example, an undue delay in a hospital waiting room can be dangerous for someone with a bad injury.
vocabulary扩展	Something that's undue isn't warranted or, often, fair. The phrase "undue delay" is a common one, and it means that someone has to wait way too long for something, whether it's a building permit or a dentist appointment. The adjective has come to mean "excessive," from its original definition in the fourteenth century as literally "not owing" or "not payable."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]过分的；过多的；过度的 If you describe something bad as undue, you mean that it is greater or more extreme than you think is reasonable or appropriate. [ADJ n] This would help the families to survive the drought without undue suffering... 这会帮助那些家庭度过干旱期，不至于遭受太多的苦。 It might give the Commission undue influence over the coming negotiations... 这可能会在即将开启的谈判问题上给委员会带来过多的影响。 It is unrealistic to put undue pressure on ourselves by saying we are the best. 说我们是最好的是给自己施加过多的压力，这种做法不切实际。

Undue Describe Bad 英 ˌʌn'djuː] 美 ˌʌn'duː Adj.过分的；不适当的 I