ADJ-GRADED 不需要的;沒必要的;多餘的 If you describe something as unnecessary, you mean that it is not needed or does not have to be done, and is undesirable. 不需要的;沒必要的;多餘的
The slaughter of whales is unnecessary and inhuman.
unnecessary adj. ⇨unnecessary (All this fuss is totally unnecessary.)⇨unjustified (unnecessary comments)unnecessary
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unnecessary ♦︎ redundant ♦︎ needless ♦︎ avoidable ♦︎ preventable ♦︎ expendableThese words all describe things that are not needed or can be avoided.這些詞均表示不需要的、不必要的、可以避免的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an unnecessary / a needless / an avoidable / a preventable death◆unnecessary / needless / avoidable risk / suffering / distress◆unnecessary / needless duplication / waste / anxiety◆an unnecessary / an avoidable / a preventable accident◆an unnecessary / avoidable cost / delay◆largely unnecessary / redundant / preventable◆entirely unnecessary / avoidable / preventable◆completely / totally unnecessary / redundant◆easily avoidable / preventable■unnecessary ʌnˈnesəsəri; NAmEʌnˈnesəserinot needed; more than is needed不需要的;不必要的;多餘的◆Our first priority is to reduce unnecessary expense.我們的頭等大事是減少不必要的花費。◆They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.他們因虐待動物而被判有罪。◆All this fuss is totally unnecessary.這場紛擾是完全可以避免的。ⓘ Unnecessary is often used to talk about how much money people are spending when they don't actually need to * unnecessary常用來表示人們花了多少錢,而實際上並不需要花那麽多◆(an) unnecessary expense / expenditure / cost / luxury不必要的花費/開銷/費用/奢侈品or how much pain or inconvenience they suffer when they don't need to.或表示人們遭受了多少不必要的痛苦或不便◆unnecessary pain / suffering / hardship / delay / complication / difficulty / fuss / anxiety / worry不必要的痛苦/苦難/艱辛/延誤/困難/難處/紛擾/焦慮/擔心OPPnecessary ⇨ necessary▸unnecessarily
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◆There's no point worrying him unnecessarily.沒有必要讓他過於擔心。■redundantrɪˈdʌndənt (ratherformal, especiallywritten) not needed or useful多餘的;不需要的;無用的◆There's a lot of redundant information that you could cut out here.這裏有許多可以删掉的不必要的信息。■needless (ratherformal, especiallywritten) that could or should have been avoided不必要的;應當避免的◆The report caused needless anxiety to hundreds of women.報告引起了數百名婦女不必要的焦慮。◆Banning smoking would prevent needless deaths.禁止吸煙可以防止不必要的死亡。ⓘ Needless is used especially to describe death, suffering, anxiety, fuss, risk and waste.Needless often suggests a sense either of regret or of criticism. * needless尤用來修飾death、suffering、anxiety、fuss、risk和waste,往往暗含遺憾或批評之意。▸needlessly
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◆Many soldiers died needlessly.許多戰士無謂地犧牲了。■avoidable (ratherformal) that can be prevented可以避免的;可以防止的◆Many deaths from heart disease are actually avoidable.許多因心髒病造成的死亡實際上是可以避免的。OPPunavoidable ⇨ inevitable■preventable (ratherformal) that can be prevented可以避免的;可以防止的◆Each year some 14 million young children die of preventable diseases.每年大約有1 400萬幼兒死於可以防止的疾病。NOTE辨析 Avoidable or preventable?Preventable is mainly used to talk about medical conditions and accidents. * preventable一般修飾疾病和事故◆a preventable death / disease / illness / infection / accident可以避免的死亡;可以防止的疾病/感染/事故Avoidable appears in a wider range of general collocations but is not used to talk about medical conditions.與avoidable搭配的詞範圍更廣,更普遍,但avoidable不能修飾疾病◆(an) avoidable death / accident / risk / delay / cost / suffering / distress可以避免的死亡/事故/風險/延誤/費用/痛苦/憂慮◆avoidable diseases/illnesses■expendable (ratherformal, especially business尤用於商業) if you consider people or things to be expendable, you think that you can get rid of them when they are no longer needed, or think it is acceptable if they are killed or destroyed可犧牲的;可消耗的;可毀滅的◆It is a sad moment when you realize you are expendable in your job.認識到自己在工作中是可以犧牲掉的,這一刻真讓人悲哀。