| 单词 | inordinate |
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| 释义 | in·or·di·nate /ɪˈnɔːdənət $ -ɔːr-/ adjective TOO/TOO MUCHfar more than you would reasonably or normally expect 超出合理限度的，过分的 SYN excessive Testing is taking up an inordinate amount of teachers’ time. 测验占去了教师们太多的时间。 —inordinately adverb She’s inordinately fond of her parrot. 她溺爱她那只鹦鹉。Examples from the Corpusinordinate• a man of inordinate ambition• Scientists have been criticized for devoting an inordinate amount of time to research on animals.• an inordinate number of meetingsinordinate amount• Either keeping personal creditors accounts or making sundry creditors adjustments can consume inordinate amounts of administrative and accounting time.• In the Soviet context an inordinate amount of attention has been paid to the willed aims of Bolshevik leaders.• That is why the social anthropologists are justified in devoting such an inordinate amount of attention to the field of kinship.• But the Minnesota Timberwolves, who own the fifth pick, have shown an inordinate amount of interest in Nash.• But in reality, seat-side service is only feasible for those with teeny appetites and an inordinate amount of patience.• They devote an inordinate amount of time, effort and resource to developing high-calibre managers.• We found ourselves spending an inordinate amount of time in the chariot, chasing hither and yon.• We were spending an inordinate amount of time sending people to different meetings and not knowing what was going on.Origin inordinate (1300-1400) Latin inordinatus, from ordinare “to arrange”in·or·di·nate adjectiveChineseSyllable than expect reasonably or far you Corpus more normally would |
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