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

• So perhaps parents shouldn't be too worried if their children are spending an inordinate amount of time playing video games.
  因此，也许父母不应该太担心，如果他们的子女花大量的时间玩视频游戏过多。
• Many projects I encounter spend an inordinate amount of time researching, investigating, and pondering architectural decisions.
  我遇到过的许多项目花费大量杂乱的时间在研究、调查、考虑体系结构的确定上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She had an inordinate fondness for candy.
  她喜欢吃糖果到了无节制的程度。
• 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 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。
• Likewise, teams often expend inordinate amounts of time maintaining and fussing over their script-driven build systems.
  同样，团队经常花费过多的时间来维护并过分小心地对待他们的脚本驱动的构建系统。
• 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。