滥(濫)lànⅠ (泛滥) overflow; flood; inundate Ⅱ (差的; 陈腐的) shoddy; hackneyed; stale; trite: 宁缺毋 ~ rather go without than have sth. shoddy Ⅲ (过度; 无限制) excessively; indiscriminately; immoderately; without restraint: ~ 杀无辜 indiscri ̄ minately slaughter the innocent people ◆滥调 hackneyed tune; worn-out theme; 滥发奖金 distributing bonuses improperty; 滥发文凭 issue diplomas recklessly; 滥伐 {林} deforestation denudation; 滥套子 platitudes; hackneyed expressions and formulae; 滥用 abuse; misuse; use indiscriminately; 滥用权势[职权] exercise wrongly [misuse; abuse] one's power; abuse [misuse] one's authority [position]; override [overstep] one's commission; 滥竽充数 pretend to play the Yu (a wind instrument) in order to make up the number for an orchestra — to be included in a group just to fill in a vacancy; act as a stopgap; be dragged in to swell the total; fill a post without real qualifications; hold a post without qualifications |