gratuitous
英 [grə'tjuːɪtəs]
美[ɡrə'tuɪtəs]
- adj. 无理由的，无端的；免费的
词态变化
副词: gratuitously;
助记提示
1. grace => congratulation, agree => Latin gratus "pleasing, agreeable" => gratuitous, gratuity.
2. Others: grateful, gratitude, gratify.
2. Others: grateful, gratitude, gratify.
中文词源
gratuitous 无缘无故的，无谓的
来自词根grat, 感谢，词源同grace, gratitude. 原指表达感谢，报答，免费给予。后词义贬义化，指无缘无故的，莫名其妙的。比较汉语无功不受禄。
英英释意
- 1. without cause;
- "a gratuitous insult"
- 2. costing nothing;
- "complimentary tickets"
- 3. unnecessary and unwarranted;
- "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
英文词源
- gratuitous (adj.)
- 1650s, "freely bestowed," from Latin gratuitus "done without pay, spontaneous, voluntary," from gratus "pleasing, agreeable," from gratia "favor" (see grace (n.)). Earlier was gratuital (1590s). Sense of "uncalled for, done without good reason" is first recorded 1690s.
实用场景例句
- gratuitous violence on television
- 电视节目里无谓的暴力镜头
牛津词典
- ...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice.
- 他坚持要提供一些无谓的建议
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
- 电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- His films are full of gratuitous violence.
- 他拍的影片充满了不必要的暴力.
《简明英汉词典》
- The nightingale is a gratuitous Elleviou.
- 黄莺儿是一个任人欣赏的艾勒维奥.
期刊摘选
- His criticism is quite gratuitous.
- 他的批评完全没有根据.
辞典例句
- Graphic or gratuitous violence is not allowed.
- 严禁上传有暴力倾向的图文.
期刊摘选
- The focus here is visual flashiness and gratuitous technology.
- 它的焦点关注与视觉效果,对技术含量的要求不高.
期刊摘选
- Folly, folly , his heart kept saying: conscious , gratuitous, suicidal folly.
- 他心里不住地说着: 真蠢, 真蠢,蠢得自觉自愿, 蠢得无缘无故, 蠢得自己找死!
英汉文学
- Maybe a schema change is not a great example, because you don't make gratuitous schema changes.
- 或许数据库模式修改算不上很好的例子, 因为你不会随便修改数据库模式.
期刊摘选
- Contributed as an act of charity; gratuitous.
- 免费的作为慈善行为给予的; 免费的.
期刊摘选
- Avoid distractions such as gratuitous animations so that the user can focus on the imoprtant things.
- 避免用户被无意义的事情分散精力,用户就可以关注与重要的事情.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- Gratuitous violence repels ( most people ) .
- 无端使用暴力则激起 民愤.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- Though plastics have benefits , Baker says, there a lot of gratuitous use.
- 贝克说:尽管塑胶制品(对人类)有用处, 它也有很多不必要的使用.
期刊摘选
- There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
- 电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
辞典例句
- gratuitous violence on television
- 电视节目里无谓的暴力镜头
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》