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

• 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。
• 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。
• The author falsely depends on gratuitous assumption that.
  作者错误地依靠无根据的假设。
• I did not want to be singled out for gratuitous punishment.
  我不愿意叫她提溜出来遭受这无缘无故的惩罚。
• But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
  然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
• A gratuitous ARP request is sent on all virtual Ethernet adapters to update the ARP caches on all external switches and systems on the network.
  一个ARP请求被发送到所有虚拟以太网，从而更新网络上所有外部交换机和系统上的ARP缓存。
• There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
  电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
• 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。
• His criticism is quite gratuitous.
  他的批评完全没有根据。
• 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。