done without any good reason or purpose and often having harmful effects synonym unnecessary无正当理由(或目的)的;无谓的 gratuitous violence on television 电视上无谓的暴力镜头 It was a completely gratuitous insult which the singer’s agent was forced to apologize for. 歌手的经纪人被迫为此道歉,这完全是无端的侮辱。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGratuitous is used with these nouns:- sex
- violence
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin gratuitus ‘given freely, spontaneous’ + -ous.