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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Scorn, bitterness, unprovoked malignity, gratuitous desire of ill, ridicule of whatever was good and holy, all awoke to tempt, even while they frightened him.
  轻蔑、狠毒、无缘无故的恶言秽行和歹意；对善良和神圣的事物妄加嘲弄，这一切全都会唤醒起来，虽说把他吓得要命，却仍在诱惑着他。
• There's too much gratuitous violence in the film.
  电影中有太多无端的暴力。
• There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
  电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
• Liu boss, generous, because I never showed a trace of gratuitous waste of discontent.
  刘老板大度，从未因我的无端浪费表现出一丝的不满。
• The people who have made important or outstanding contributions to the state or to the public, and the people who implement the inter-governmental agreements on gratuitous aids;
  对国家及社会等有重大或突出贡献的人员以及执行政府间无偿援助协议的人员。