gratuitous是什么意思？

gratuitous

英[grəˈtju:ɪtəs] 美[grəˈtuɪtəs]

• adj. 免费的，无偿的，无必要的，无故的，无理由的；

副词：gratuitously;

例句

• 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!
• His films are full of gratuitous violence. 他拍的影片充满了不必要的暴力.
• gratuitous violence on television 电视节目里无谓的暴力镜头
• 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.
• ...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice. 他坚持要提供一些无谓的建议
• There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV. 电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  无理由的；不必要的；无缘无故的
  If you describe something as gratuitous, you mean that it is unnecessary, and often harmful or upsetting.
  例句
  There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV. 电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。 ...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice. 他坚持要提供一些无谓的建议

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  不必要的, 未要求的
  His films are full of gratuitous violence. 他拍的影片充满了不必要的暴力。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  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"

行业词典

• 法律： 无偿的；免费的；