inordinate

英 [ɪnˈɔːdɪnət]

美 [ɪnˈɔːrdɪnət]

adj.  过度的; 过分的; 超乎预料的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 过度的；过分的；超乎预料的
  far more than is usual or expected

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 极度的;非常的;过度的
  If you describe something asinordinate, you are emphasizing that it is unusually or excessively great in amount or degree.
  1. They spend an inordinate amount of time talking.
     他们花在说上的时间太多了。
  2. ...their inordinate number of pets.
     他们过多的宠物

英英释义

adj

• beyond normal limits
  1. excessive charges
  2. a book of inordinate length
  3. his dress stops just short of undue elegance
  4. unreasonable demands
  Synonym:excessiveundueunreasonable

双语例句

• Many of us end up spending inordinate amounts of time answering email.
  我们很多人每天花大量时间回复邮件。
• But I have been under inordinate pressure.
  我现在处在一团乱麻之中。
• This sort of environment leads to inordinate stress and degradation of performance: it must be stopped.
  这类环境导致过度紧张和执行力下降：它必须停止。
• Through the years, our school systems have come to rely heavily on children IQ and "standardized" testing, which puts an inordinate amount of focus on verbal-linguistic and math-logical mentality.
  多年来我们教学系统的发展严重依赖于孩子们的智商以及“标准化”测试，这样的内容过分注重于语言和数学逻辑的能力。
• Individual incentives should reward long-term success, prevent short-termist excesses and punish inordinate risk-taking.
  个人激励应奖励长期成就，避免短视的过度行为，并对无节制的冒险予以惩罚。
• We spend an inordinate amount of time browsing the Web every day.
  我们每天在网络浏览上花费海量的时间。
• The European Union's finance ministers spend an inordinate amount of time discussing budget deficits;
  欧盟财长们花费大量时间讨论预算赤字；
• Inordinate desire is at the root of all evils.
  无节制的欲望是一切罪恶的根源。
• We are each taking a calculated risk that our investment will give us inordinate returns.
  我们都在作谨慎的冒险，希望我们的投资能够给我们带来非常高的回报。
• Overall, the GIs spent an inordinate amount of time checking on each other.
  总体上来说，美国大兵耗费了太多时间彼此检查、互相质疑。