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
- If you cut out all the dead wood, we might consider your book for publication.
如果你删去所有多余的章节,我们可以考虑出版你的书。 - If you cut out some of the dead wood, the firm might begin to show a profit.
如果你能裁减一些冗员,公司可能就会赢得。 - In this paper, burrow, dead knot, slipknot are the most three common wood defects for the study, conducted in-depth research on the wood surface defect pattern recognition method.
本文主要以木材的死节、活节和虫眼三种常见缺陷为研究对象,对木材的缺陷图像分割和模式识别方法进行了深入的研究。 - 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 - 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。 - Now, a log of dead wood drawn through a forest of legs;
有时成了一块死木头从森林般的腿丛里拖出。 - 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。 - 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。 - You have to cut away some of the dead wood.
你得把枯枝砍掉一些。从树上砍下一条树枝。 - In stark contrast to developed economies, where the printing of words on dead wood is a sunset industry and print journalists are a dying breed, the Chinese newspaper industry is in rude health.
在发达经济体,平面媒体已是夕阳产业,报刊记者成为一个没落的职业;但与之形成鲜明对比的是,中国的报业却极富活力。