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单词 undue
释义
undue
(ʌndj , US -d )
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something bad as undue, you mean that it is greater or more extreme than you think is reasonable or appropriate.
This would help the families to survive the drought without undue suffering.
It might give the Commission undue influence over the coming negotiations.
It is unrealistic to put undue pressure on ourselves by saying we are the best.
Synonyms: excessive, too much, inappropriate, extreme  
Collocations:
undue delay
There was no reference to considerations such as a requirement to act 'promptly' or to make the application without 'undue delay'.
Times, Sunday Times
It said that this did not amount to an 'undue delay'.
Times, Sunday Times
The key part of the ruling centres on its concept of 'undue delay'.
Times, Sunday Times
Crucially, the 'undue delay' will be based on a patient's condition - not government waiting-time targets.
The Sun
Second, the court should consider whether there had been undue delay in seeking reinstatement of the proceedings.
Times, Sunday Times
undue risk
These are bought by companies that want to satisfy the pension needs of their workforces without undue risk.
Times, Sunday Times
In this case it may be possible to remove it without undue risk.
Times, Sunday Times
The regulator judged that nothing was preventing a fair and orderly market from operating and that investors were not being put at undue risk.
Times, Sunday Times
They should avoid personal conflicts of interest and 'any activities which might place the charity's reputation at undue risk', it said.
Times, Sunday Times
The resulting government-enforced cartel in banking allowed commercial banks to earn high profits and avoid undue risk until nonbanking companies found ways to offer substitutes for bank loans and deposits.
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undue stress
And do government efficiency reviews also place undue stress on public employees?
Times, Sunday Times
Be aware of aspects that cause undue stress, such as long hours, unmanageable workloads, difficult colleagues and lack of control over tasks.
Times, Sunday Times
This puts undue stress on our heart on a chronic basis.
Times,Sunday Times
The unfortunate rodent has a lawyer and had intended to fight the charge, but his handler has decided to take the blame and save undue stress.
Times, Sunday Times
However, this can be substantially delayed by lifestyle choices such as a healthy diet, exercise and avoidance of undue stress.
Times, Sunday Times
undue weight
Representative comments-from a cross-section of church people-help keep you from placing undue weight on the scathing individual comment that comes to every pastor from time to time.
Christianity Today
He added that 'lenders may be placing undue weight on the recent performance of loans in benign conditions'.
Times, Sunday Times
They believe many neuroimaging studies are oversimplified in both popular and scientific discourse and given undue weight despite deficiencies in experimental methodology.
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Translations:
Chinese: 过分的
Japanese: 過度の
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