多余
duōyú
to be more than needed; superfluous, unnecessary
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- 为了让文章更有力,编辑删掉了几段多余的说明。 Wèile ràng wénzhāng gèng yǒulì, biānjí shāndiào le jǐ duàn duōyú de shuōmíng. To make the article stronger, the editor deleted several unnecessary explanatory passages.
- 这句话是多余的,删掉以后更清楚。 Zhè jù huà shì duōyú de, shāndiào yǐhòu gèng qīngchu. This sentence is unnecessary; it is clearer once it is deleted.
- 桌上有几个多余的杯子,你帮我收起来吧。 Zhuō shang yǒu jǐ ge duōyú de bēizi, nǐ bāng wǒ shōu qǐlai ba. There are a few extra cups on the table; please put them away for me.