| 单词 | needless |
| 释义 | Word family noun need needs the needy adjective needless needy verb need adverb needlessly need·less /ˈniːdləs/ ●○○ adjective 1 needless to say KNOW somethingused when you are telling someone something that they probably know or expect 不用说，当然 Needless to say, any contributions of money will be gratefully received. 不用说，收到任何一笔捐款我们都将很感激。2 NEEDneedless troubles, suffering, loss etc are unnecessary because they could easily have been avoided 不必要的；可以避免的 SYN unnecessary The report caused needless anxiety to women who have attended the clinic. 那份报告让去那家诊所就诊过的妇女产生了不必要的忧虑。 We need to bring to an end these needless deaths. 我们必须终止这些无谓的死亡。 Charles hates needless waste. 查尔斯痛恨不必要的浪费。 —needlessly adverb People are dying needlessly every year of heart attacks. 每年都有人因心脏病白白死去。Examples from the Corpusneedless• Their deaths are needless and preventable.• Jack and I felt that sparing our parents needless anxiety was an important step in becoming adults.• Any good ante-bellum history will detail the stupidities that led to this utterly needless conflagration.• "I am very saddened by this needless loss of life, '' the president said at a news conference Tuesday.• And speaking of needless repeats, do you think this owner is trying to make a point?• Why take needless risks?• Basil, needless to say, has found the butter.• And needless to say, in the tiny teahouse I was myself the proverbial bull in the china shop.• The whole thing, needless to say, is demoralizing.• The black polish, needless to say, was still in the bag.• He accused the local council of allowing a needless tragedy, through a policy of not fitting smoke detectors to council houses.need·less adjectiveChineseSyllable used telling Corpus you that someone are when something they |
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