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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• But much of it is dead wood.
  但官僚机构的多数是无用的冗员。
• 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 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。
• Cut the dead wood away from the trees.
  剪掉树上的枯枝。
• In this paper, burrow, dead knot, slipknot are the most three common wood defects for the study, conducted in-depth research on the wood surface defect pattern recognition method.
  本文主要以木材的死节、活节和虫眼三种常见缺陷为研究对象，对木材的缺陷图像分割和模式识别方法进行了深入的研究。