otiose中文什么意思

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.
+更多解释...otiosityn.

• long otiose passages of description:    冗长而多余的描写段落

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。

英文释义

形容词

1. 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
2. producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
   同义词：futile, ineffectual, unavailing
3. 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