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
- 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。 - According to our daily experiences of using the internet, we can also confirm that the visitation of many websites from here in China has been subject to gratuitous prohibition.
根据我们日常的上网经验，我们也确认很多网站的访问在国内受到了无端禁止。 - His criticism is quite gratuitous.
他的批评完全没有根据。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - There's too much gratuitous violence in the film.
电影中有太多无端的暴力。 - I told Miyazaki I love the "gratuitous motion" in his films;
我告诉宫崎骏我喜欢他电影里的“无缘无故的动作”； - A lot of viewers complained that there was too much gratuitous sex and violence in the film.
许多观众抱怨电影里充斥着过多不必要的性和暴力。 - The author falsely depends on gratuitous assumption that.
作者错误地依靠无根据的假设。