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

• 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。
• Results ( 1) The array of cilia is inordinate, orientation is different and inverse;
  结果（1）纤毛排列紊乱、方向不一、倒状；
• Her inordinate mania for romance.
  她对恋爱故事的过分迷恋。
• 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。
• 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。
• Frank kept my book for such an inordinate length of time that I shall never lend him anything again.
  弗兰克借我的书借了那么久，我再也不借给他任何东西了。
• Individual incentives should reward long-term success, prevent short-termist excesses and punish inordinate risk-taking.
  个人激励应奖励长期成就，避免短视的过度行为，并对无节制的冒险予以惩罚。
• 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；
• She had an inordinate fondness for candy.
  她喜欢吃糖果到了无节制的程度。
• 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。