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

• 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。
• Inordinate desire is at the root of all evils.
  无节制的欲望是一切罪恶的根源。
• They spend an inordinate amount of time talking.
  他们花在说上的时间太多了。
• One result has been inordinate reliance on monetary policy, often highly unconventional monetary policy, whose effects on the economy are at least as uncertain as those of fiscal stimulus.
  一个结果是形成对货币政策的过度依赖，而且通常是非传统货币政策，其对经济的影响至少和财政刺激一样不确定。
• Her inordinate mania for romance.
  她对恋爱故事的过分迷恋。
• Even if the recovery proves mediocre, these cash levels look inordinate, says Mr Normand.
  即便经济复苏证实力度温和，这些现金水平看来也非同寻常，诺曼德先生说。
• They commonly run simulations and other CPU-intensive programs that would take an inordinate amount of time to run on regular hardware.
  高性能集群通常会运行一些模拟程序和其他对CPU非常敏感的程序，这些程序在普通的硬件上运行需要花费大量的时间。
• But I have been under inordinate pressure.
  我现在处在一团乱麻之中。
• 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。
• It's a time when your ordinary, day-to-day life has an inordinate impact on who you will become.
  这个时期，日常的普通生活都会对你的未来道路影响巨大。