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

• 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。
• 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。
• The new manager wants to cut out the dead wood and streamline production.
  新经理想精简机构以提高生产效率。
• 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。
• In stark contrast to developed economies, where the printing of words on dead wood is a sunset industry and print journalists are a dying breed, the Chinese newspaper industry is in rude health.
  在发达经济体，平面媒体已是夕阳产业，报刊记者成为一个没落的职业；但与之形成鲜明对比的是，中国的报业却极富活力。
• Taxonomic Studies on Fallen Dead Wood Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes from Hainan and Yunnan Provinces of China
  中国海南、云南两省凋落枯枝暗色丝孢真菌分类研究
• 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。
• You have to cut away some of the dead wood.
  你得把枯枝砍掉一些。从树上砍下一条树枝。
• Cut the dead wood away from the trees.
  剪掉树上的枯枝。
• The results showed that not only the symptoms on cross sections of the dead elm wood but also the morphology of the fungi were different from those caused by Dutch elm disease.
  从榆木枯萎症状，病菌形态及接种后无死亡现象的结果表明，均与世界流行的荷兰榆病无相似之处。