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

• This film director has always had a predilection for gratuitous violence.
  这位电影导演一直偏好天生的暴力。
• 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。
• At the end of this function, a gratuitous acquisition and release of the console semaphore is performed that emits the next log message to the console ( performed within release_console_sem).
  这个函数最后将获取和释放执行控制台信号，并将下一条日志消息发送到控制台（在releaseconsolesem中执行）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
  然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
• 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。
• 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。