专业释义英英释义
gratuitous [ ɡrə'tju:itəs ]
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adj.
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without cause
"a gratuitous insult"
- costing nothing
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unnecessary and unwarranted
同义词： needless uncalled-for
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without cause
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
gratuitous /ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs/ TEM8
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ADJ If you describe something as gratuitous, you mean that it is unnecessary, and often harmful or upsetting. 不必要的
例：There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
电视上充斥着过多的犯罪与无端的暴力。
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2.
gratuitously ADV 不必要地
例：They wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.
他们想让我把标题改得不那么过于无礼。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
电视上充斥着过多的犯罪与无端的暴力。
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And I think it's just totally gratuitous. It's mindless.
我认为这就是完全无偿。这是盲目的。
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With the climate crisis deepening, Britain can't afford this amount of gratuitous waste.
因为气候危机越来越严重，英国承担不起如此大量的不必要的浪费。
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