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unnecessarily

UK //ʌnˌnesəˈserəli//US //ʌnˌnesəˈserəli//

词源

源自中古英语,由否定前缀 'un-' + 'necessary'(必要的) + 副词后缀 '-ly' 构成,字面意为“不必要地”。

adverb

❶ 以不必要的方式,指做某事时超出了实际需要或合理范围,常带有浪费或过度之意。

“She worried unnecessarily about the exam results.”

(她为考试成绩不必要地担心。)

“The report was unnecessarily long and complicated.”

(这份报告不必要地冗长且复杂。)

同义词:needlessly, excessively, unduly

常见短语

unnecessarily complicated — 指某事物被设计或处理得过于复杂,超出实际需要的程度。

“The instructions were unnecessarily complicated for such a simple task.”

(对于如此简单的任务,这些说明不必要地复杂化了。)