gratuitously [
græ'tju:itəsli]
ad. 无偿的(无必要的,无故的)
- If the investment on the salt chemistry is above 0.1billion yuan in the park, we can supply land gratuitously.
对在园区内投资过亿元的盐化工项目,无偿提供项目用地。 - We should feed and clothe him gratuitously sometimes, and recruit him with our cordials, before we judge of him.
有时我们实在应该先无条件供应一个人的衣食,热诚接纳,才去判断其生命价值。 - Had Dante used a computer, he surely would have created a special circle of hell for programs that gratuitously update.
如果但丁也用电脑的话,他一定会为这些无理的升级设想出一个特别的地狱。
gratuitously[ adv ]
in an uncalled-for manner
<adv.all>
he insulted us gratuitously
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.