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。 - So I wrote him a letter, said: Once, I had the pleasure to visit your farm and found that there are many vector species of chrysanthemum trees, some already dead, wood has become soft.
于是我给他写了一封信，说：有一次，我有幸参观您的农场，发现那里长着许多矢菊树，有些已经死掉，木质已变得松软。 - 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 - I was dead tired, as you may fancy; and when I got to sleep which was not till after a great deal of tossing, I slept like log of wood.
我死累死累的，你可以想像得到，在经历了这样一番折腾后，我一倒下便睡得像根木头了。 - But much of it is dead wood.
但官僚机构的多数是无用的冗员。 - He spent all day sawing up the dead wood.
他花了一天工夫把枯木锯成板材。 - In many places, this is a blanket ban that prevents the grazing of animals and even the removal of leaf litter and dead wood.
在许多地方，这是一个完全的禁止政策，它禁止放牧，甚至禁止对枯枝落叶的采收。 - 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。 - The new manager wants to cut out the dead wood and streamline production.
新经理想精简机构以提高生产效率。 - Cut the dead wood away from the trees.
剪掉树上的枯枝。