Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #13701
Fully loadedsuperfluous
多余的；过量的；不必要的
more than is needed or required; excessive
- 1.
In excess of what is required or sufficient.
超出所需或足够的
- 2.
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
无用的；没有存在理由的
- 3.
more than is needed, desired, or required
超过需要、想要或要求的
无用的；没有存在意义的；超出所需或足够的；无用的；没有存在理由的；超过需要、想要或要求的；多余的
In use
Please remove any superfluous details from your report before submitting it.
The extra buttons on the jacket look superfluous to me.
He cut the superfluous text from the essay to make it shorter.
delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
be superfluous
用于描述某物或某人本身是多余的。
His comments were superfluous and unnecessary.
他的评论是多余且不必要的。
find sth superfluous
表示认为某物多余。
She found the extra decorations superfluous.
她觉得那些额外的装饰是多余的。
it is superfluous to do sth
Connections
Collocations
- superfluous details
- 多余的细节
- 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。
- superfluous information
- 多余的信息
- 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。
- superfluous words
- 多余的话
- The editor cut all superfluous words from the essay.编辑删掉了文章里所有多余的话。
- superfluous decorations
- 多余的装饰
- The room was simple, with no superfluous decorations.房间很朴素，没有多余的装饰。
- superfluous expenses
- 多余的开支
- The company reduced superfluous expenses to increase profits.公司减少了多余的开支以提高利润。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：super（超级）+ flu（流动），东西多到流出来，就是“多余的”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、formal reports、literary texts 通常用于正式或书面语境，如学术写作、正式报告或文学作品中，表示某物多余或不需要。
Grammar Note
常作表语或定语，后接介词to引出比较对象
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the visual ending '-uous' but do not rhyme with 'superfluous' (given IPA /supɝflwʌs/) due to different stress and vowel quality.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.