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
- 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。 - Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, B.mucronatus and other nematodes separated from dead pine wood were detected using specific primer pair.
采用特异引物组合对枯死松树内分离的松材线虫、拟松材线虫及其他线虫进行检测。 - 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_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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Low profits gave the company an excuse to clean out the dead wood.
盈利低微给了公司裁减冗员的借口。 - He spent all day sawing up the dead wood.
他花了一天工夫把枯木锯成板材。 - 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。