gratuitous
英 [gr?'tju??t?s]
美 [ɡr?'tu?t?s]
- adj. 無(wú)理由的，無(wú)端的；免費(fèi)的
助記提示
1. grace => congratulation, agree => Latin gratus "pleasing, agreeable" => gratuitous, gratuity.
2. Others: grateful, gratitude, gratify.
中文詞源
gratuitous 無(wú)緣無(wú)故的，無(wú)謂的來(lái)自詞根grat, 感謝，詞源同grace, gratitude. 原指表達(dá)感謝，報(bào)答，免費(fèi)給予。后詞義貶義化，指無(wú)緣無(wú)故的，莫名其妙的。比較漢語(yǔ)無(wú)功不受祿。
英文詞源
- gratuitous (adj.)
- 1650s, "freely bestowed," from Latin gratuitus "done without pay, spontaneous, voluntary," from gratus "pleasing, agreeable," from gratia "favor" (see grace (n.)). Earlier was gratuital (1590s). Sense of "uncalled for, done without good reason" is first recorded 1690s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. gratuitous violence on television
- 電視節(jié)目里無(wú)謂的暴力鏡頭
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. His films are full of gratuitous violence.
- 他拍的影片充滿了不必要的暴力.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Folly, folly , his heart kept saying: conscious , gratuitous, suicidal folly.
- 他心里不住地說(shuō)著: 真蠢, 真蠢,蠢得自覺(jué)自愿, 蠢得無(wú)緣無(wú)故, 蠢得自己找死!
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué)
- 4. There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
- 電視里充斥著犯罪和無(wú)端的暴力。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. I did not want to be singled out for gratuitous punishment.
- 我不愿意叫她提溜出來(lái)遭受這無(wú)緣無(wú)故的懲罰.
來(lái)自辭典例句