serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
"otiose lines in a play"
"advice is wasted words"
"a pointless remark"
"a life essentially purposeless"
"senseless violence"
producing no result or effect;
"a futile effort"
"the therapy was ineffectual"
"an otiose undertaking"
"an unavailing attempt"
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"
otiose的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
Because he does not know the skill of fishing, light has fishing rod is otiose. 因为他不懂钓鱼的技巧,光有鱼竿是没有用的。
形容词
经典引文
Both explanations can be seen to be erroneous and indeed otiose.