Gratuitous
[grə'tjuːɪtəs] or [ɡrə'tuɪtəs]
解释:
(adj.) without cause; 'a gratuitous insult' .
(adj.) unnecessary and unwarranted; 'a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life' .
霍华德编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice.
(a.) Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
整理:希欧多尔
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Voluntary, free, spontaneous, of one's own accord.[2]. Unwarranted, unfounded, groundless, without proof.
凯瑟琳整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Free, uncompensated, voluntary, unwarranted, groundless, wanton, unnecessary,unsought
ANT:Compulsory, involuntary, obligatory, necessitated, warranted, well-founded
乔校对
例句:
- Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- It was not Mr. Bambridge's weakness to be a gratuitous flatterer. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The extinction of species has been involved in the most gratuitous mystery. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- It was understood from the beginning that my services would be gratuitous. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Lydgate had often been satirical on this gratuitous prediction, and he meant now to be guarded. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Fearless and wicked as they are, they dare not attempt such open and gratuitous cruelty! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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