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

• You might want some form of scripted control over your desktop that lets you program in functionality without spending an inordinate amount of time learning how to do it.
  您可能需要以编写脚本的方式对桌面进行控制，以便利用相应的功能编写程序，而无需花费大量的时间来学习如何完成该项任务。
• So perhaps parents shouldn't be too worried if their children are spending an inordinate amount of time playing video games.
  因此，也许父母不应该太担心，如果他们的子女花大量的时间玩视频游戏过多。
• One result has been inordinate reliance on monetary policy, often highly unconventional monetary policy, whose effects on the economy are at least as uncertain as those of fiscal stimulus.
  一个结果是形成对货币政策的过度依赖，而且通常是非传统货币政策，其对经济的影响至少和财政刺激一样不确定。
• The European Union's finance ministers spend an inordinate amount of time discussing budget deficits;
  欧盟财长们花费大量时间讨论预算赤字；
• Overall, the GIs spent an inordinate amount of time checking on each other.
  总体上来说，美国大兵耗费了太多时间彼此检查、互相质疑。
• This would have showed us similar information, but at a session level, so we could have seen that our session had done an inordinate number of sequential scans and lock requests.
  这将为我们展示类似的信息，但是在会话级别，因此我们会看到会话做了过多的顺序扫描与锁定请求。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She had an inordinate fondness for candy.
  她喜欢吃糖果到了无节制的程度。