| 单词 | inordinate |
| 释义 | inordinate (ɪnɔːʳdɪnɪt ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe something as inordinate, you are emphasizing that it is unusually or excessively great in amount or degree. [formal, emphasis] They spend an inordinate amount of time talking. ...their inordinate number of pets. Synonyms: excessive, unreasonable, disproportionate, extravagant inordinately adverb [usually ADVERB adjective/-ed] He is inordinately proud of his wife's achievements. Collocations: inordinate delay In the instant case there had been inordinate delay. Times, Sunday Times The council conceded that there had been an inordinate delay in dealing with her grievance and that she had been unfairly constructively dismissed. Times, Sunday Times There will be explanations for the inordinate delay for this report, but no excuses. Times, Sunday Times They were stranded due to an inordinate delay in construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He poured his heart out against the inordinate delay. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The oeuvre of a painter who ran a big workshop can include an inordinate number of maybes. Times, Sunday Times The steel and glass high-rises seemed to contain an inordinate number of equally stark lives. Christianity Today In reality, however, the delays are often much longer, with an inordinate number of cheques 'going missing in the post'. Times, Sunday Times An inordinate number of political careers started as precisely that: research assistants, speechwriters, local government functionaries, union officials. Times, Sunday Times She was going through airport security and there were an inordinate number of things that she had to do and redo. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 极度的 Japanese: 法外な |
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