otiose

otiose读音音标

英[ˈəʊtiəʊs]

美[ˈoʊʃioʊs]

基本意思释义

adj.不必要的，没有用处的

短语及实用例句

an otiose round of meetings

一轮无用的会议

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Objective To study the antitumor activity of otiose and coumarin in novobiocin.

目的研究新生霉素的结构单元诺维糖和香豆素的抗肿瘤活性.

英英释义

Adjective

1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;

\"otiose lines in a play\"

\"advice is wasted words\"

2. producing no result or effect;

\"a futile effort\"

\"the therapy was ineffectual\"

\"an otiose undertaking\"

\"an unavailing attempt\"

3. disinclined to work or exertion;

\"faineant kings under whose rule the country languished\"

\"an indolent hanger-on\"

\"too lazy to wash the dishes\"

\"shiftless idle youth\"

\"slothful employees\"

\"the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy\"