gratuitousness 无理由,无缘无故,无根据
- It is too closely related to mathematics not to have borrowed their gratuitousness.
它非常接近数学,你无法从中借用它们的无效性。 - But an absurd attitude, if it is to remain so, must remain aware of its gratuitousness.
但一个荒谬的态度如果依然如此,就一定会感到自己缺乏理性。
Gratuitous \Gra*tu"i*tous\a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus
pleasing. See {Grate}, a., {Gratis.}]
1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred
without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or
without claim or merit; not required by justice.
We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for
the fruits of our own industry. --L'Estrange.
2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason,
cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good
ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. --De Quincye.
-- {Gra*tu"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Gra*tu"i*tous*ness}, n.