Gratuitous

(adj.) without cause; 'a gratuitous insult' .

(adj.) unnecessary and unwarranted; 'a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life' .

霍华德编辑

• Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was not Mr. Bambridge's weakness to be a gratuitous flatterer. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The extinction of species has been involved in the most gratuitous mystery. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It was understood from the beginning that my services would be gratuitous. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Lydgate had often been satirical on this gratuitous prediction, and he meant now to be guarded. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Fearless and wicked as they are, they dare not attempt such open and gratuitous cruelty! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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