otiose
音标与读法
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中英文翻译
adj.
1.不必要的,没有用的,多余的,无效的。
2.〔罕用语〕闲着的,没事做的;懒惰的。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
otiosity
n.
disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
同义词:faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, work-shy,
producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
同义词:futile, ineffectual, unavailing,
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
同义词:pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted,
例句与用法
1.What can the us government do to atone its failure to safeguard and protect these iraqi national treasures ? it is otiose to say that no amount of monetary recompense to iraq can adequately compensate it for the irreplaceable loss of its sacred cultural heritage
美国要如何弥补它的过失呢?伊拉克所失去的珍贵文化遗产是金钱所不能补偿的。
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