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

• 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 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”；
• 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。
• 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。
• It's not a gratuitous failure and makes enough sense to see to the end.
  没有无缘无故的失败，我们可以看到它的结局。
• 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。
• His criticism is quite gratuitous.
  他的批评完全没有根据。
• 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
• There's too much gratuitous violence in the film.
  电影中有太多无端的暴力。