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

• His criticism is quite gratuitous.
  他的批评完全没有根据。
• Strengthening of cost accounting and management of nonprofit organizations; Principal-Agent Relation in the Organization for Gratuitous Services
  非盈利组织也应加强成本核算与管理无偿服务非营利组织中的委托-代理关系
• There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
  电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
• 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。
• 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；
• But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
  然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
• 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。
• Her advice was quite gratuitous, I can think for myself.
  她给的建议极为不实际，我只有自己想办法。
• 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。
• 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？