superfluously(副词):多余地;不必要地;过分地。表示某事做得超出需要,显得冗余或徒劳。(也可用于描述语言、装饰、解释等“画蛇添足”。)
/suːˈpɝːfluəsli/
He superfluously added more details to the report.
他多余地在报告里又加了更多细节。
The instructions were written so superfluously that the main steps became hard to find.
说明写得过于冗长多余,以至于主要步骤都难以找到。
来自拉丁语 superfluus,由 **super-**(“在……之上、超过”)+ fluere(“流动”)构成,原义有“溢出、超过需要”的含义。后在英语中引申为“多余的、不必要的”,加副词后缀 -ly 形成 superfluously。