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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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”； - His criticism is quite gratuitous.
他的批评完全没有根据。 - 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。 - But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。 - This paper puts forward a new edge-directed enhancing based anisotropic diffusion model. I did not want to be singled out for gratuitous punishment.
本文提出了一个新的边缘定向增强扩散模型.我不愿意叫她提溜出来遭受这无缘无故的惩罚。