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.
  1. ...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

双语例句

• But much of it is dead wood.
  但官僚机构的多数是无用的冗员。
• 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。
• I was dead tired, as you may fancy; and when I got to sleep which was not till after a great deal of tossing, I slept like log of wood.
  我死累死累的，你可以想像得到，在经历了这样一番折腾后，我一倒下便睡得像根木头了。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• Cut the dead wood away from the trees.
  剪掉树上的枯枝。
• 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。
• Studies on the technology of processing charcoal for the treatment of dead pine wood
  加工活性炭处理松材线虫病死木技术的研究
• Remove dead or damaged wood on your avocado tree at any time to help stimulate growth and prevent further damage to your tree.
  随时剪除你的鳄梨树上的病死枝，以刺激增长并预防未来鳄梨树可能造成的危害。