superfluous

The report was full of superfluous details that distracted from the main point.

报告里满是分散注意力的多余细节。

The form asks for superfluous information that we don't need.

这份表格要求我们提供并不需要的多余信息。

The editor cut all superfluous words from the essay.

编辑删掉了文章里所有多余的话。

The room was simple, with no superfluous decorations.

房间很朴素，没有多余的装饰。

The company reduced superfluous expenses to increase profits.

公司减少了多余的开支以提高利润。

After the merger, his role became superfluous to requirements.

合并之后，他的职位变得多余，不再需要了。

Automatic ticket machines have rendered the station guards superfluous.

自动售票机使车站保安变得多余了。

Thoreau wrote this in Walden to argue that money cannot buy what the soul truly needs, so any wealth beyond necessity is superfluous.

梭罗在《瓦尔登湖》中写下这句话，意在说明金钱买不到灵魂真正需要的东西，因此超出必需之外的财富都是多余的。

Voltaire's aphorism ironically defends luxury, suggesting that what seems superfluous is actually what makes life worth living.

伏尔泰的这句格言以反讽的方式为奢侈辩护，暗示那些看似多余的东西恰恰是让生活值得一过的部分。