unnecessarily
adverb
uk/ʌnˈnes.ə.sər.əl.i//ʌnˌnes.əˈser.əl.i/us/ʌnˌnes.əˈser.əl.i. ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.əl.i/C1
in a way that is notneededorwanted, or more than isneededorwanted:
不必要地We don'twanttoalarmpeopleunnecessarily, but they should beawareofpotentialdangers.我们不想在不必要的情况下警示人们,但是他们必须对潜在的危险有所意识。
Therulesare unnecessarilycomplicated.这些规则过分地复杂。
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unnecessary
- I cannotstandby andwatchpeopledieunnecessarily.
- There was nopointinworryingher unnecessarily.
- Theyarguedthat theschemewould be unnecessarilycostly.
Too much and unnecessary
- avalanche
- be up toyourneck (insomething)idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
- de trop
- drown
- gush
- hyper
- immoderate
- immoderately
- inessential
- insatiable
- overdose
- plenty
- pleonasm
- pleonastic
- plethora
- proliferation
- weighsomeone/somethingdown