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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's a time when your ordinary, day-to-day life has an inordinate impact on who you will become.
  这个时期，日常的普通生活都会对你的未来道路影响巨大。
• Inordinate desire is at the root of all evils.
  无节制的欲望是一切罪恶的根源。
• They spend an inordinate amount of time talking.
  他们花在说上的时间太多了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。