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 wood, branches, etc) by cutting The land cracked and the springs dried up and the cattle listlessly nibbled dry twings.
剪去（枯木、枯枝等）土地龟裂，泉水干枯，牛儿无精打采地啃着干树枝。 - 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。 - 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。 - The results showed that not only the symptoms on cross sections of the dead elm wood but also the morphology of the fungi were different from those caused by Dutch elm disease.
从榆木枯萎症状，病菌形态及接种后无死亡现象的结果表明，均与世界流行的荷兰榆病无相似之处。 - Cut the dead wood away from the trees.
剪掉树上的枯枝。 - The management decided to economize by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.
资方决定节省开支，裁减劳动力中的冗员，这样可以减少工资支出。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - In_stream wood is defined as dead wood (>10 cm diameter and>1 m length) in the stream channel.
溪流倒木是指在河流中长度大于1m、直径大于10cm的死木。