gratuitous

英 [ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs]

美 [ɡrəˈtuːɪtəs]

adj.  无正当理由(或目的)的; 无谓的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 无正当理由（或目的）的；无谓的
  done without any good reason or purpose and often having harmful effects
  1. gratuitous violence on television
     电视节目里无谓的暴力镜头

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无理由的；不必要的；无缘无故的
  If you describe something asgratuitous, you mean that it is unnecessary, and often harmful or upsetting.
  1. There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
     电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
  2. ...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice.
     他坚持要提供一些无谓的建议

英英释义

adj

• without cause
  1. a gratuitous insult
• unnecessary and unwarranted
  1. a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life
  Synonym:needlessuncalled-for
• costing nothing
  1. complimentary tickets
  2. free admission
  Synonym:complimentarycostlessfreegratis(p)

双语例句

• I usually only undertake gratuitous speaking assignments if they fall into one of two categories: either the sponsor is a charity where I have some connection; or the occasion is directly relevant to my work.
  我通常只接受无偿的演讲任务，前提是它们属于下列两类之一：要么主办方是一家与我有联系的慈善机构，要么这个活动与我的工作直接相关。
• The author falsely depends on gratuitous assumption that.
  作者错误地依靠无根据的假设。
• I know, all for edge, there is no gratuitous both good and bad, should the I do not come, I can not hold the breath of the cool autumn wind sent;
  我清楚，一切皆是缘，没有无缘无故的爱恨情仇，如若我不来，我就无法握住秋风送来的一缕凉爽；
• Gratuitous boasting of cosmic achievements while there is poverty and destruction at home.
  周围是铺天盖地的对全宇宙最高成就的吹嘘，而现实中的贫穷和堕落却随处可见。
• The people who have made important or outstanding contributions to the state or to the public, and the people who implement the inter-governmental agreements on gratuitous aids;
  对国家及社会等有重大或突出贡献的人员以及执行政府间无偿援助协议的人员。
• To confuse intelligence and dislocate sentiment by gratuitous fictions is a short-sighted way ofpursuing happiness.
  以无理的幻想混淆智力，弄乱正常的情感是一种短视的追求幸福的方法。
• I told Miyazaki I love the "gratuitous motion" in his films;
  我告诉宫崎骏我喜欢他电影里的“无缘无故的动作”；
• Mr Biden is known for his affection towards Israel but took the announcement as a gratuitous insult.
  人们都知道拜登先生对以色列有好感，但他还是认为这一新的建房决定是对其无端的羞辱。
• At the end of this function, a gratuitous acquisition and release of the console semaphore is performed that emits the next log message to the console ( performed within release_console_sem).
  这个函数最后将获取和释放执行控制台信号，并将下一条日志消息发送到控制台（在releaseconsolesem中执行）。
• But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
  然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。