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
- 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”; - 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 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。 - 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。 - But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。 - There's too much gratuitous violence in the film.
电影中有太多无端的暴力。 - You can go on or you can go off and actually, how about some gratuitous use of technology?
你可以自由的开或者关,你认为这种有必要使用这种技术么? - Strengthening of cost accounting and management of nonprofit organizations; Principal-Agent Relation in the Organization for Gratuitous Services
非盈利组织也应加强成本核算与管理无偿服务非营利组织中的委托-代理关系 - 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。 - 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。