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单词 gratuitously
释义
gratuitously
adverb
uk
/ɡrəˈtʃuː.ɪ.təs.li/us
/ɡrəˈtuː.ə.t̬əs.li/
(of somethingbad) in a way that is notnecessary, or that is withoutcause:
无缘无故地
gratuitouslyviolent无端地暴力
We do not need asituationwhere we are gratuitouslyoffendingourallies.我们不想见到的局面是我们无缘无故地冒犯我们的盟友。
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  • We are not in thebusinessof gratuitouslyinsultingourEuropeanpartners.
  • There had been a gratuitouslycruelarticlein amagazineabout her thatimpliednasty,untruethings.
  • What thatboywrotewas gratuitouslyoffensive.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Too much and unnecessary
  • avalanche
  • be up toyourneck (insomething)idiom
  • bellyful
  • binge
  • carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
  • de trop
  • drown
  • gush
  • immoderate
  • immoderately
  • inessential
  • insatiable
  • overdose
  • pleonasm
  • pleonastic
  • plethora
  • proliferation
  • redundancy
  • the last thingyouwant, need, etc.idiom
  • weighsomeone/somethingdown
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(Definition ofgratuitouslyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgratuitously

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Sometimes the cyclic scheme seems to be invokedgratuitously.
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They should not simply have eternal happiness given to themgratuitously.
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The idea is thatgratuitouslyharming the horse wrongs the horse.
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Howsepian does not support this slander in any way, he merely throws it outgratuitouslyas a live possibility and then refuses to pursue it.
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He also introduces the accompaniment of bells and clarsach (a wire-stringed instrument),gratuitouslyassuming a crossover between secular and sacred music that is not at all evident to careful scholars.
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It is natural to suppose that the problem with hard antipaternalism is that it protects individuals' freedom to perform actions that aregratuitouslyor viciously self-harming.
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What they could not accept, in the name of enlightenment, are community involvements of a sort thatgratuitouslyconstrain the sovereign will or thatgratuitouslyconstrain the artificer's actions.
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A few small vessels have been chartered to perform harbour service duties, which were no part of the duties allotted togratuitouslyloaned motor boats.
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He told usgratuitouslythat there was also a proposal to site a major power station next door to it.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Put baldly like that, that seems to be agratuitouslyinsulting remark.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We have an admirable adage in our profession which says that advice which isgratuitouslyoffered is quite useless.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Indeed, if he were to tell them,gratuitously, it might well be that it could be contended that he was exceeding his powers.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Why have the taxpayer's assets been squandered and their valuegratuitouslyreduced?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The engineer has been good enough to give his servicesgratuitously.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The smaller pamphlet, issuedgratuitously, quotes the most striking passages.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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