inordinate是什么意思？

inordinate

英[ɪnˈɔ:dɪnət] 美[ɪnˈɔrdɪnət]

• adj. 过度的，无节制的，紊乱的，奢；

副词：inordinately;

例句

• The plot to kill the President grew out of the inordinate ambition of a few colonels. 刺杀总统的阴谋是由几位陆军上校无限制的野心酿成的.
• James hints that his heroine's demands on life are inordinate. 詹姆斯暗示他的女主人公对于人生过于苛求.
• The girl has inordinate passion for music. 这个女孩过分喜爱音乐.
• The idea of this gave me inordinate pleasure. 我想到这一点感到非常高兴.
• ...their inordinate number of pets. 他们过多的宠物
• They spend an inordinate amount of time talking. 他们花在说上的时间太多了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  极度的;非常的;过度的
  If you describe something as inordinate, you are emphasizing that it is unusually or excessively great in amount or degree.
  例句
  They spend an inordinate amount of time talking. 他们花在说上的时间太多了。 ...their inordinate number of pets. 他们过多的宠物

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  过度的, 过量的
  The idea of this gave me inordinate pleasure. 我想到这一点感到非常高兴。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. beyond normal limits;
  "excessive charges""a book of inordinate length""his dress stops just short of undue elegance""unreasonable demands"