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

• In stark contrast to developed economies, where the printing of words on dead wood is a sunset industry and print journalists are a dying breed, the Chinese newspaper industry is in rude health.
  在发达经济体，平面媒体已是夕阳产业，报刊记者成为一个没落的职业；但与之形成鲜明对比的是，中国的报业却极富活力。
• 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
• But much of it is dead wood.
  但官僚机构的多数是无用的冗员。
• Production must become more efficient. Some measures need to be taken to cut out the dead wood and streamline production
  必须提高生产效率.应采取措施裁汰冗员，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。
• Two, while the CEOs might claim otherwise, often it's not the so-called dead wood who are chopped during layoffs.
  第二，在裁员的过程中，公司砍掉的，往往不是所谓的枯枝。
• 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。
• Now, a log of dead wood drawn through a forest of legs;
  有时成了一块死木头从森林般的腿丛里拖出。
• 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。
• 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。