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

• Except for a few gratuitous successes, which I am prepared to admit, systematic cross-breeding has never produced good results.
  除了少数几个我准备承认的毫无道理的成功的例子，系统的杂交养育从未产生过好的结果。
• 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。
• It's not a gratuitous failure and makes enough sense to see to the end.
  没有无缘无故的失败，我们可以看到它的结局。
• 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。
• This film director has always had a predilection for gratuitous violence.
  这位电影导演一直偏好天生的暴力。
• There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
  电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
• You can go on or you can go off and actually, how about some gratuitous use of technology?
  你可以自由的开或者关，你认为这种有必要使用这种技术么？
• His criticism is quite gratuitous.
  他的批评完全没有根据。
• The author falsely depends on gratuitous assumption that.
  作者错误地依靠无根据的假设。
• There's too much gratuitous violence in the film.
  电影中有太多无端的暴力。