"deadwood" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 枯木
• 累贅(比喻用法)

Definition

“Deadwood” 指不再存活的樹枝或樹木，也用來比喻在組織中不再需要或無用的人或事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

字面上多指林業用語，但商業場合常用比喻，形容無用、冗員或多餘事物。語氣中性偏負。常見搭配有“cut the deadwood”、“remove deadwood”。不指實體死亡。

Examples

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

我們需要把團隊裡的**累贅**清理掉，以提升表現。

Several deadwood branches fell during the storm.

暴風雨中有幾根**枯木**樹枝掉下來了。

The manager wants to cut the deadwood from the company.

經理想要剔除公司內的**累贅**。

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

重組之後，部門裡很多**累贅**被裁掉了。

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

如果不清理**累贅**，我們的進展會變慢。

They finally cleared out all the deadwood cluttering the project.

他們終於把項目中的所有**累贅**清理掉了。