otiose
- adj. 没有用的；不必要的；多余的；怠惰的
英英释意
- 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"