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

• A gratuitous ARP request is sent on all virtual Ethernet adapters to update the ARP caches on all external switches and systems on the network.
  一个ARP请求被发送到所有虚拟以太网，从而更新网络上所有外部交换机和系统上的ARP缓存。
• 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。
• There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
  电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
• I know, all for edge, there is no gratuitous both good and bad, should the I do not come, I can not hold the breath of the cool autumn wind sent;
  我清楚，一切皆是缘，没有无缘无故的爱恨情仇，如若我不来，我就无法握住秋风送来的一缕凉爽；
• 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”；
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
  然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
• 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？