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

• I have to say that I did have a job where there was an inordinate amount of paperwork.
  我能和一些非常不错的人一起工作非常荣幸。但我不得不说我过去需要做大量的文书工作。
• Many of us spend an inordinate amount of time in the office, and as anthropologists, architects and psychologists often note the way we are physically organised shapes how we work and think in a profound way.
  我们许多人要在办公室度过超乎寻常的时间，并且，正如人类学家、建筑师和心理学家经常指出的，我们在物理上的组织方式深刻影响着我们的工作和思考方式。
• Sometimes the abstraction itself may be so large that the theorem prover may take an inordinate amount of time and resources to complete the proof.
  有时抽象本身可能是很大的工作量，以致定理证明程序可能花费过多时间和资源来完成证明。
• But I have been under inordinate pressure.
  我现在处在一团乱麻之中。
• 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。
• These same ladies, so inordinate of attention, will report me.
  就是这群女人，虽然现在尽心尽意，将来会密告我。
• 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；
• Excessive success induces inordinate self-confidence, which inevitably leads them to make disastrous mistakes and to failure.
  过度的成功会导致自信心过度膨胀，继而不可避免地让他们铸成大错，一败涂地。
• Her inordinate mania for romance.
  她对恋爱故事的过分迷恋。
• Many times projects spend an inordinate amount of time exploring tool options.
  项目经常花费大量的时间在探索工具选择上面。