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

• 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。
• But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
  然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。