gratuitous

英 [ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs]

美 [ɡrəˈtuːɪtəs]

adj. 无正当理由(或目的)的; 无谓的

TOEFL GRE TEM8 经济

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
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

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。
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。
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 example from Struts is a prime illustration of gratuitous copy-and-paste code, which is not only unnecessary but trivially easy to fix.
来自Struts的示例解释了免费的复制和粘帖代码，这些代码不仅毫无必要，并且容易修复。
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。
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。
Her advice was quite gratuitous, I can think for myself.
她给的建议极为不实际，我只有自己想办法。
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；
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。