gratuitous
英 [ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs]
美 [ɡrəˈtuːɪtəs]
adj. 无正当理由(或目的)的; 无谓的
Collins.1 / BNC.18672 / COCA.16720
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- gratuitous violence on television
电视节目里无谓的暴力镜头
- gratuitous violence on television
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.- There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。 - ...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice.
他坚持要提供一些无谓的建议
- There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
英英释义
adj
- without cause
- a gratuitous insult
- unnecessary and unwarranted
- a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life
- costing nothing
- complimentary tickets
- free admission
双语例句
- If gratuitous transfer of the State-owned equity of a limited liability company is involved, the relevant information about the resolution of the shareholders'meeting shall be submitted.
涉及有限责任公司国有股权无偿划转的,相关股东会决议情况; - It does not cover bonuses and allowances of gratuitous nature, end of year payment and payments in kind.
但不包括属赏赠性质的花红及津贴、年终酬金及实物津贴。 - This example from Struts is a prime illustration of gratuitous copy-and-paste code, which is not only unnecessary but trivially easy to fix.
来自Struts的示例解释了免费的复制和粘帖代码,这些代码不仅毫无必要,并且容易修复。 - But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。 - 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 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。 - Were it not for your gratuitous interference, the children would have quickly settled their dispute.
要不是你多余的干涉,孩子们很快就会停止争论的。 - Scorn, bitterness, unprovoked malignity, gratuitous desire of ill, ridicule of whatever was good and holy, all awoke to tempt, even while they frightened him.
轻蔑、狠毒、无缘无故的恶言秽行和歹意;对善良和神圣的事物妄加嘲弄,这一切全都会唤醒起来,虽说把他吓得要命,却仍在诱惑着他。 - His criticism is quite gratuitous.
他的批评完全没有根据。 - 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;