gratuitous
gratuitous 英 [grəˈtju:ɪtəs] 美 [grəˈtuɪtəs]
adj. 无理由的，无端的；免费的
- Gratuitous means "without cause" or "unnecessary." Telling ridiculous jokes at a somber occasion would be a display of gratuitous humor.
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- adj. 无理由的，无端的；免费的
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1. It is difficult to get the attention of most gamers under the age of 25 because our games offer no first-person perspective or gratuitous violence.
因为我们的游戏不提供第一人称视角和无端暴力所以很难吸引25岁以下的年轻玩家。
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2. Should we just ignore this gratuitous ‘advice’ and go ahead with exploration in collaboration with Vietnam, or should we listen to China and stay out of disputes in the South China Sea?
可以简单的无视这个并未要求给予回应的“建议”，继续我行我素的与越南进行合作开采？ 或是顺应中国的要求远离中国南海争端？
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3. It seems almost gratuitous to be posing such questions in a country where income levels have increased fivefold in half a generation.
半代的时间内，对一个收入水平已经增长到五倍的国家提出这样一个问题好像是毫无道理的。
- gratuitous (adj.) 1650s, "freely bestowed," from Latin gratuitus "done without pay, spontaneous, voluntary," from gratus "pleasing, agreeable," from gratia "favor" (from suffixed form of PIE root *gwere- (2) "to favor"). Earlier was gratuital (1590s). Sense of "uncalled for, done without good reason" is first recorded 1690s.
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