"deadwood" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 枯木
• 累赘(比喻用法)

Definition

“Deadwood” 指不再存活的树枝或树木，也比喻在机构或组织中变得无用或不再需要的人或事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

在林业为字面义，但商界常用作比喻，形容无用或多余的人或物。语气中性略带负面。常见搭配包括“cut the deadwood”、“remove deadwood”。不用来指身体死亡。

Examples

We need to remove the deadwood from the team to improve performance.

我们需要把团队里的**累赘**清理掉，以提高表现。

Several deadwood branches fell during the storm.

暴风雨中有几根**枯木**树枝掉下来了。

The manager wants to cut the deadwood from the company.

经理想要剔除公司里的**累赘**。

After the reorganization, a lot of deadwood was let go from the department.

重组之后，部门里许多**累赘**被裁掉了。

If we don't get rid of the deadwood, our progress will slow down.

如果不清理**累赘**，我们的进展会变慢。

They finally cleared out all the deadwood cluttering the project.

他们终于把项目中的所有**累赘**清理掉了。