The former star was now seen as excess baggage.昔日明星现在被视为过气人物。

The good thing about these younger players is that they are not carrying any excess baggage from less successful times.这些较年轻运动员的优势就在于他们身上没有背负过去失意的包袱。

Simplifying my poems means reducing them to essences, stripping them as much as possible of excess baggage and getting down to the basic issues.简化我的诗歌就要将其浓缩至精华, 尽量删去冗余的词句, 一语中的。