otiose

1 It could be that, because postmodern novels permit themselves such extraordinary liberties with the very history and geography that they exploit, fact-checking is now otiose.

2 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.

3 since you haven't read the book, I suppose that it would be otiose to inquire what you thought of it

4 This is not an otiose question but rather a serious one that goes to the very root of the ethics of photojournalism, its training and practice.

5 The Battaile of Agincourt is a somewhat otiose expansion, with purple patches, of the Ballad; it is, nevertheless, Drayton's best lengthy piece on a historical theme.

6 Having no information about the mysteries, of course, we know nothing of other moral influences which are, or may be exercised by these great, powerful, and not wholly otiose beings.

7 Nay, its very shadow seems so richly heavy as to be the shadow of a fane erected by men endowed with a plethora of this world's goods to a god otiose in his grandeur.

8 Whatever he might subsequently produce was an interesting, but to their criticism an otiose appendix to his prose achievement.

9 It would be otiose to collect any more tributes to his genius, as it appeared to all Frenchmen, cultivated or semi-cultivated, about the year 1880.

10 Mr. Bonar Law appended to the announcement a surely otiose explanation of the necessity of the increase.

11 A divine economy is traceable in God's dealings with men; there is nothing purposeless, nothing otiose in God's dispensation.

12 There is really no other way of accounting for him, for except on this supposition he is quite otiose and unnecessary to the Grettir-story: the saga-man has no use for him.

13 Worst of all were the occasions when they chose to show us these otiose vignettes while play was going on, often a few seconds after it had resumed with a goal-kick or a throw-in.

14 Both explanations can be seen to be erroneous and indeed otiose.

15 To substitute the otiose insight gained by manipulation of a formula for the slow coöperative work of a humanity guided by reflective intelligence is more than a technical blunder of speculative philosophers.

16 It is well structured, mirroring the hefty book which accompanied the TV series, though the recaps of previous episodes become otiose on DVD.

17 He reports to the somewhat otiose primal Being about men’s conduct, and he sometimes superintends the Mysteries. 

18 But, with the perfection of photographic processes and of the cinematograph, pictures of this sort are becoming otiose.

19 It was very cordial, and it appealed directly, only the style was otiose, but in matters of the first importance style is a hindrance.

20 A consistently mechanical view has to regard all intelligence as otiose, as an "epi-phenomenal by-product" or fifth wheel to the cart, in the absence of which the given results would no less have occurred.

1 游手好闲的

truant slothful picaresque

2 无效

unprevalent bad dead void invalid null irregular ineffective vain unproductive inoperative unavailing nugatory infructuous vainly uselessly avoidance invalidity nullification invalidation nullity vitiation voidance vainness flaw negative cancel override revoke negate neutralize paralyze invalidate annihilate nullify quash of no avail to no effect without result with no result bring to naught put the kibosh on diriment empty useless idle frustrate nude barren inert inconclusive unprofitable ineffectual voided unfruitful inefficiency impotence sterility idleness inconclusiveness nihility avoid blank mock paralyse

3 无用

useless idle invalid vain bum insignificant impractical futile dud duff inapt vainly futility invalidity inaptness good-for-nothing in vain pathetic unhelpful manky nugatory toytown uselessly unhelpfully vanity hopelessness worthlessness uselessness through empty unnecessary void unwanted straw needless worthless trashy fiddling effete unavailing ne'er-do-well bootless paralyze crock of no use of no effect put out of action good for nothing waste paltry purposeless no-good outworn be no use to be no use null rubbish played-out footling nullify no good any much good recrementitious no-dice dead refuse punk wasted unworthy sleeveless unprofitable ineffectual unworkable crusted valueless brain-dead unserviceable inexpert limp-wristed thriftless inutile losel unuseful orra crocky us naught beggar not much chop

4 没有用

incapable inutile

5 没事做的

inactive

6 无益

gainless unnecessary useless idle null unavailable worthless sterile barren futile feeble unprofitable ineffectual feckless unfruitful purposeless unavailing bootless fribble piffling inutile infructuous idly uselessly vanity futility disbenefit not much chop to no avail

7 不必要的

unnecessary needless gratuitous uncalled superfluous uncalled for unessential

8 无效果的

barren inoperative maladroit inefficacious

9 微不足道的

two-bit twopenny-halfpenny small minute poor slight lightweight marginal vile flimsy futile fractional unimportant paltry fiddling dinky unnoticeable niggling pimping tiddly fiddle-faddle piddle

10 微不足道

two-bit twopenny-halfpenny small minute poor slight lightweight marginal vile flimsy futile fractional unimportant paltry fiddling dinky unnoticeable niggling pimping tiddly fiddle-faddle damn nothingness piddle

11 不实用的

inoperable unpractical fine-spun

12 无用的

useless idle invalid vain bum insignificant impractical futile dud duff inapt good-for-nothing in vain pathetic unhelpful manky nugatory toytown through empty unnecessary void unwanted straw needless worthless trashy fiddling effete unavailing ne'er-do-well bootless waste paltry purposeless no-good outworn null rubbish played-out footling no good any much good recrementitious no-dice dead refuse punk wasted unworthy sleeveless unprofitable ineffectual unworkable crusted valueless brain-dead unserviceable inexpert limp-wristed thriftless inutile losel unuseful orra crocky us naught

13 懒惰

lazy lymphatic inert indolent slothful slipshod shiftless idly sloth slack hand be too fond of bed fainéant idle sleepy sluggish dozy slack recumbent supine donothing laziness idleness indolence acedia lurdan spare sluggard sluggardly dolittle Oblomovism sit on behind

14 多余

more spare unwanted needless redundant superfluous uninvited uncalled-for superabundant excrescent supererogatory wordishness overabundance superfluity surplusage de trop to spare odd unnecessary supernumerary excess unwelcome surplus redundancy out of the picture supervacaneous expletory waste reserve unsolicited expletive gash plus uncalled for recrementitious

15 不需要的

unnecessary needless

16 没有用的

incapable inutile

17 无效的

unprevalent bad dead void invalid null irregular ineffective vain unproductive inoperative unavailing nugatory infructuous diriment empty useless idle frustrate nude barren inert inconclusive unprofitable ineffectual voided unfruitful

18 闲着的

idle disengaged on the street

19 无益的

gainless unnecessary useless idle null unavailable worthless sterile barren futile feeble unprofitable ineffectual feckless unfruitful purposeless unavailing bootless fribble piffling inutile infructuous

20 不需要

unnecessary needless have no use for

21 闲着

disengaged out idle be at grass on the street

22 多余的

more spare unwanted needless redundant superfluous uninvited uncalled-for superabundant excrescent supererogatory de trop to spare odd supernumerary excess unnecessary unwelcome surplus supervacaneous expletory waste reserve unsolicited expletive gash uncalled for recrementitious

23 懒惰的

lazy lymphatic inert indolent slothful slipshod shiftless fainéant idle sleepy sluggish dozy slack recumbent supine donothing lurdan spare sluggard sluggardly dolittle

24 游手好闲

truant slothful picaresque drone piddle goldbrick dillydally sling about eat the bread of idleness laze about to hack around