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

• Needless to say I absolutely love him.
  不消说，我爱极了他。
• I am not a qualified leader, with needless to say, a good leader.
  我不是一个合格的领袖，跟不用说是一个优秀的领袖。
• 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。
• Needless to say, this is art.
  废话不说了，这就说是艺术。
• Needless to say, theory and practice sometimes diverged.
  不用说，理论和实践有时候并不相符。
• So much needless repetition makes the article long-winded.
  这样叠床架屋，文章就太罗嗦了。
• As for my impression of you, needless to say you can feel.
  至于你留给我的印象，我想，不用说，你可以感觉到。
• Needless to say, this has limited my range of experiences.
  不用说，这局限了我的体验。
• 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。
• 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。