needlessly

英['niːdləsli] 美['niːdləsli]
  • adv. 毫无必要地
  • need v.需要;必需n.需要;必要;缺乏aux.需要,必须(无时态、人称变化,后与不带to的动词不定式连用,多用于疑问句和否定句)
  • needfire n.去邪之火;篝火
  • needful adj.必需的;需要的n.必需做的事;钱
  • neediness n.穷困;贫穷;需要(被关注)
  • needle n.针vt.用针缝;激怒;嘲弄vi.缝纫
Adverb:
  1. without need;

    "it would needlessly bring badness into the world"

1. Half a million women die needlessly each year during childbirth.
每年有50万女性难产致死是本可避免的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He said something to me so mean, so needlessly cruel.
他对我说了一些十分刻薄、太过冷酷的话。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Thousands of children in the world today suffer needlessly.
当今世界有成千上万的儿童遭受着不必要的痛苦.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Yet they were built on stilts , quite needlessly.
半山上也用吊脚楼形式, 这形式是必须的吗?

来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

5. Don't trouble him needlessly.
没有必要就不要去打扰他.

来自辞典例句

    1. New and often needlessly novel.
      新但无价值的新的但常是不必要的新奇的
    2. You are fretting yourself needlessly.
      你是在不必要地折磨自己。