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单词 otiose
释义
otiose
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈəʊ.ti.əʊs//ˈəʊ.ʃi.əʊs/us
/ˈoʊ.t̬i.oʊs/
used todescribea word or phrase, or sometimes anidea, that isunnecessaryor has been used severaltimes:
（词、短语或观点）无用的，多余的，冗赘的
The use of the word "recumbent" is otiose after the word "recline".在 recline 一词后面使用 recumbent 肯定是多余的。
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  • unrealistic
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  • untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
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(Definition ofotiosefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofotiose

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So why not simplify matters and drop the nowotiose"caring proviso"?
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So there is no need for additional reparation, and the satisfaction theory of the atonement isotiose.
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To connect them with some vendetta against linguistic and logical structure seems philosophicallyotiose.
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Because the juvenile hearing was conducted in private, there would be nootiosepublic stigma associated with its outcome.
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Rather, they claim that his principle isotiose.
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In that case my argument would beotiose.
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This, he thinks, makesotiosethe 'search for a transcendental source for morality'.
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It would beotioseto draw up the list.
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These explanations, however, areotiose.
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It would beotioseto describe a few tiles at random when the book's great strength and invaluable gift is the uncompressible view of the whole.
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Nothing soft,otiose, irrelevant cumbered your pages.
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In respect of our domestic legislation, it is completelyotioseand it would create legal anomalies.
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That seems to me a totallyotiosestatement.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I suggest that that is a whollyotiosecollection of words in that particular part of the proposed amendment.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
H it is, is it their view that it is also unnecessary andotiosein paragraph (a)?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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