Today, that extended meaning is the more common sense, employed, for example, when graphic cruelty depicted in a work of fiction is described as "gratuitous violence," or when unkind words better left unsaid are described as "a gratuitous insult."...
meaning: (of something such as bad behavior) not necessary, or with no cause 1) 词根:grat- 感谢(gratitude, grateful, congratulation) 2) 后缀:-itous 形容词后缀 e.g. A lot of views complained that there was too much gratuitous sex and violence in the film. 很多观众抱怨说影片中有太多无...
anuglyedgeofgratuitous violence.•That marks the public'srevulsionat acts ofgratuitous violenceagainstinnocentvictims.•Within a short period of time,gratuitous violencehas becomecommonplace.•Largely theelementofgratuitous violenceis alsomissing.•Football, with itslitanyofgratuitous violence, is the...
1 :not called for by the circumstances: not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted a gratuitous insult a gratuitous assumption a movie criticized for gratuitous violence. 2a : given unearned or without recompense We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own i...
They write that the film has allegorical meaning beyond the gratuitous on-screen violence. en.wikipedia.org The plot and jokes are idiotic, while the toilet humor is gratuitous and more gross than funny. en.wikipedia.org PONS: Applications gratuites ...
“All violence,” says psychiatrist James Gilligan, after years working with violent inmates in American prisons, “is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem.” Fear of shame drives all kinds of extreme, harmful behavior. Self-delusion is another adaptation to fear of shame. “I could ...
Here’s only the second time I had seen a moving car in the Violence District. I decided to stand right in front of it to see what would happen. It went right through me. This lion appears without all the textures the previous one had. Still just as deadly if you get in front of...
perhaps from the belief held by some people that one should not give something without getting something in return. Today, that extended meaning is the more common sense, employed, for example, when graphic cruelty depicted in a work of fiction is described as "gratuitous violence," or when ...
Today, that extended meaning is the more common sense, employed, for example, when graphic cruelty depicted in a work of fiction is described as "gratuitous violence," or when unkind words better left unsaid are described as "a gratuitous insult."...