gratuitous

adj.

1. 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

1. 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.
   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

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. At the end of this function, a gratuitous acquisition and release of the console semaphore is performed that emits the next log message to the console ( performed within release_console_sem).
   这个函数最后将获取和释放执行控制台信号，并将下一条日志消息发送到控制台（在releaseconsolesem中执行）。
3. 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。
4. A gratuitous ARP request is sent on all virtual Ethernet adapters to update the ARP caches on all external switches and systems on the network.
   一个ARP请求被发送到所有虚拟以太网，从而更新网络上所有外部交换机和系统上的ARP缓存。
5. To confuse intelligence and dislocate sentiment by gratuitous fictions is a short-sighted way ofpursuing happiness.
   以无理的幻想混淆智力，弄乱正常的情感是一种短视的追求幸福的方法。
6. I usually only undertake gratuitous speaking assignments if they fall into one of two categories: either the sponsor is a charity where I have some connection; or the occasion is directly relevant to my work.
   我通常只接受无偿的演讲任务，前提是它们属于下列两类之一：要么主办方是一家与我有联系的慈善机构，要么这个活动与我的工作直接相关。
7. Strengthening of cost accounting and management of nonprofit organizations; Principal-Agent Relation in the Organization for Gratuitous Services
   非盈利组织也应加强成本核算与管理无偿服务非营利组织中的委托-代理关系
8. You can go on or you can go off and actually, how about some gratuitous use of technology?
   你可以自由的开或者关，你认为这种有必要使用这种技术么？
9. 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。
10. The author falsely depends on gratuitous assumption that.
    作者错误地依靠无根据的假设。
11. 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”；
12. Except for a few gratuitous successes, which I am prepared to admit, systematic cross-breeding has never produced good results.
    除了少数几个我准备承认的毫无道理的成功的例子，系统的杂交养育从未产生过好的结果。
13. Were it not for your gratuitous interference, the children would have quickly settled their dispute.
    要不是你多余的干涉，孩子们很快就会停止争论的。
14. Mr Biden is known for his affection towards Israel but took the announcement as a gratuitous insult.
    人们都知道拜登先生对以色列有好感，但他还是认为这一新的建房决定是对其无端的羞辱。
15. 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。
16. His criticism is quite gratuitous.
    他的批评完全没有根据。
17. 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。
18. A lot of viewers complained that there was too much gratuitous sex and violence in the film.
    许多观众抱怨电影里充斥着过多不必要的性和暴力。
19. This paper puts forward a new edge-directed enhancing based anisotropic diffusion model. I did not want to be singled out for gratuitous punishment.
    本文提出了一个新的边缘定向增强扩散模型.我不愿意叫她提溜出来遭受这无缘无故的惩罚。
20. According to our daily experiences of using the internet, we can also confirm that the visitation of many websites from here in China has been subject to gratuitous prohibition.
    根据我们日常的上网经验，我们也确认很多网站的访问在国内受到了无端禁止。
21. Gratuitous boasting of cosmic achievements while there is poverty and destruction at home.
    周围是铺天盖地的对全宇宙最高成就的吹嘘，而现实中的贫穷和堕落却随处可见。
22. Scorn, bitterness, unprovoked malignity, gratuitous desire of ill, ridicule of whatever was good and holy, all awoke to tempt, even while they frightened him.
    轻蔑、狠毒、无缘无故的恶言秽行和歹意；对善良和神圣的事物妄加嘲弄，这一切全都会唤醒起来，虽说把他吓得要命，却仍在诱惑着他。
23. 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。
24. 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；
25. But civility has been sacrificed to the gratuitous insult.
    然而礼貌却沦为无端侮辱的牺牲品。
26. I know, all for edge, there is no gratuitous both good and bad, should the I do not come, I can not hold the breath of the cool autumn wind sent;
    我清楚，一切皆是缘，没有无缘无故的爱恨情仇，如若我不来，我就无法握住秋风送来的一缕凉爽；
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. There's too much gratuitous violence in the film.
    电影中有太多无端的暴力。

adj

1. without cause
   1. a gratuitous insult

2. unnecessary and unwarranted
   1. a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life

   Synonym:    needlessuncalled-for

3. costing nothing
   1. complimentary tickets
   2. free admission

   Synonym:    complimentarycostlessfreegratis(p)