gratuitous
英 [grə'tjuːɪtəs]
美 [ɡrə'tuɪtəs]
助記提示
1. grace => congratulation, agree => Latin gratus "pleasing, agreeable" => gratuitous, gratuity.
2. Others: grateful, gratitude, gratify.
中文詞源
gratuitous 無緣無故的，無謂的來自詞根grat, 感謝，詞源同grace, gratitude. 原指表達感謝，報答，免費給予。後詞義貶義化，指無緣無故的，莫名其妙的。比較漢語無功不受祿。
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.
雙語例句
- 1. gratuitous violence on television
- 電視節目裏無謂的暴力鏡頭
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. His films are full of gratuitous violence.
- 他拍的影片充滿了不必要的暴力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Folly, folly , his heart kept saying: conscious , gratuitous, suicidal folly.
- 他心裏不住地說著: 真蠢, 真蠢,蠢得自覺自願, 蠢得無緣無故, 蠢得自己找死!
來自英漢文學
- 4. There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
- 電視裏充斥著犯罪和無端的暴力。
來自辭典例句
- 5. I did not want to be singled out for gratuitous punishment.
- 我不願意叫她提溜出來遭受這無緣無故的懲罰.
來自辭典例句