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
- Opportunity was taken to get rid of a great deal of inefficient material in the lower ranks, but in the higher ranks much dead wood was left untouched.
下面已利用时机解除了大批无用的人，而上面许多无用的人却碰都未碰过。 - Two, while the CEOs might claim otherwise, often it's not the so-called dead wood who are chopped during layoffs.
第二，在裁员的过程中，公司砍掉的，往往不是所谓的枯枝。 - 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。 - 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。 - Production must become more efficient. Some measures need to be taken to cut out the dead wood and streamline production
必须提高生产效率.应采取措施裁汰冗员，以提高生产效率 - They are like clear-cutting a forest, not removing dead wood.
这样做就好比夷平整座森林，而不是砍掉几棵枯树。 - But much of it is dead wood.
但官僚机构的多数是无用的冗员。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。