needless

英 [ˈniːdləs]

美 [ˈniːdləs]

adj.  不必要的; 可以避免的

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习惯用语

adj.

needless to say
• 不必说；不用说
  used to emphasize that the information you are giving is obvious
• The problem, needless to say, is the cost involved.
  不用说，问题是所涉及的费用。

牛津词典

adj.

• 不必要的；可以避免的
  needless death or suffering is not necessary because it could have been avoided
  1. needless suffering
     不必要的痛苦
  2. Banning smoking would save needless deaths.
     禁止吸烟会免除不必要的死亡。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不需要的;不必要的
  Something that isneedlessis completely unnecessary.
  1. But his death was so needless...
     但他的死太没有必要了。
  2. 'I have never knowingly exposed any patient to needless risks,' he said.
     他说：“我从未故意将任何病人置于不必要的风险境地。”
• PHRASE 不用说;不必说
  You useneedless to saywhen you want to emphasize that what you are about to say is obvious and to be expected in the circumstances.
  1. Our budgie got out of its cage while our cat was in the room. Needless to say, the cat moved quicker than me and caught it.
     我们的虎皮鹦鹉飞出鸟笼的时候，猫正好在室内。不用说，猫比我快，抓住了它。

英英释义

adj

• unnecessary and unwarranted
  1. a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life
  Synonym:gratuitousuncalled-for

双语例句

• Xue Pan hastened to register himself as a pupil. His school-going was, needless to say, a pretence--“ one day fishing and two days to dry the net ” as they say--and had nothing to do with the advancement of learning.
  薛蟠也假说来上学，不过是：“三天打鱼，两天晒网”*却不见有一点进益。
• All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports
  不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。
• Needless to say, theory and practice sometimes diverged.
  不用说，理论和实践有时候并不相符。
• Our budgie got out of its cage while our cat was in the room. Needless to say, the cat moved quicker than me and caught it.
  我们的虎皮鹦鹉飞出鸟笼的时候，猫正好在室内。不用说，猫比我快，抓住了它。
• Needless to say, I'm not sure that I want to change my life-style.
  不用多说，我也不是很清楚我是否想要改变我的生活方式。
• Needless to say, we rejected the Soviet definition.
  不用说，我们拒绝了苏联的定义。
• Needless to say I am thinking of you.
  无可置疑的我在想着你。
• 'I have never knowingly exposed any patient to needless risks,' he said.
  他说：“我从未故意将任何病人置于不必要的风险境地。”
• Needless to say, I have some unusual habits.
  不用说，我有些特别的习惯。
• It's needless to say that the experiment will be successful.
  不用说，实验会成功的。