dead wood

英 [ˌded ˈwʊd]

美 [ˌded ˈwʊd]

n.  冗员; 废物

牛津词典

noun

• 冗员；废物
  people or things that have become useless or unnecessary in an organization

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 不再有用的人(或事物);累赘;冗余
  People or things that have been used for a very long time and that are no longer considered to be useful can be referred to asdead wood.
  1. ...the idea that historical linguistics is so much dead wood.
     认为历史语言学完全冗赘无用的观点

双语例句

• Production must become more efficient. Some measures need to be taken to cut out the dead wood and streamline production
  必须提高生产效率.应采取措施裁汰冗员，以提高生产效率
• They are like clear-cutting a forest, not removing dead wood.
  这样做就好比夷平整座森林，而不是砍掉几棵枯树。
• Making dead wood more bless'd than living lips.
  让死木比活嘴唇更有福缘。
• Now, a log of dead wood drawn through a forest of legs;
  有时成了一块死木头从森林般的腿丛里拖出。
• The management decided to economize by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.
  资方决定节省开支，裁减劳动力中的冗员，这样可以减少工资支出。
• If you cut out all the dead wood, we might consider your book for publication.
  如果你删去所有多余的章节，我们可以考虑出版你的书。
• So I wrote him a letter, said: Once, I had the pleasure to visit your farm and found that there are many vector species of chrysanthemum trees, some already dead, wood has become soft.
  于是我给他写了一封信，说：有一次，我有幸参观您的农场，发现那里长着许多矢菊树，有些已经死掉，木质已变得松软。
• He spent all day sawing up the dead wood.
  他花了一天工夫把枯木锯成板材。
• Low profits gave the company an excuse to clean out the dead wood.
  盈利低微给了公司裁减冗员的借口。
• Cut the dead wood away from the trees.
  剪掉树上的枯枝。