| 单词 | unnecessary |
| 释义 | unnecessary adjectiveverbs | adverb | preposition verbs➤appear, be, prove, seem显得不必要；不必要；证明多余；似乎不必要▸➤become变得不必要▸➤make sth, render sth使⋯不必要▸➤consider sth, deem sth, regard sth as认为⋯不必要；觉得⋯多余adverb➤completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly完全没必要；完全多余◆no, no, that's quite unnecessary.不，不，完全没有必要。➤largely基本上不需要▸➤rather, somewhat有些／有点儿不必要▸➤a little有点儿多余preposition➤to对⋯来说不需要◆the possession of items strictly unnecessary to survival拥有对生存来说完全无关紧要的东西 unnecessary adjectiveunnecessary ♦︎ redundant ♦︎ needless ♦︎ avoidable ♦︎ preventable ♦︎ expendablethese words all describe things that are not needed or can be avoided.这些词均表示不需要的、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 /ʌnnesəsəri; name ʌnnesəseri/ not needed; more than is needed不需要的；不必要的；多余的◆our first priority is to reduce unnecessary expense.我们的头等大事是减少不必要的花费。◆they were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.他们因虐待动物而被判有罪。◆all this fuss is totally unnecessary.这场纷扰是完全可以避免的。ⓘ unnecessary is often used to talk about how much money people are spending when they don't actually need to * unnecessary 常用来表示人们花了多少钱，而实际上并不需要花那么多◆(an) unnecessary expense / expenditure / cost / luxury不必要的花费／开销／费用／奢侈品or how much pain or inconvenience they suffer when they don't need to.或表示人们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／苦难／艰辛／延误／困难／难处／纷扰／焦虑／担心 opp necessary → necessary ▸ unnecessarily adverb◆there's no point worrying him unnecessarily.没有必要让他过于担心。■ redundant /rɪdʌndənt/ (rather formal, especially written) not needed or useful多余的；不需要的；无用的◆there's a lot of redundant information that you could cut out here.这里有许多可以删掉的不必要的信息。■ needless (rather formal, especially written) that could or should have been avoided不必要的；应当避免的◆the report caused needless anxiety to hundreds of women.报告引起了数百名妇女不必要的焦虑。◆banning smoking would prevent needless deaths.禁止吸烟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 尤用来修饰 death、suffering、anxiety、fuss、risk 和 waste，往往暗含遗憾或批评之意。▸ needlessly adverb◆many soldiers died needlessly.许多战士无谓地牺牲了。■ avoidable (rather formal) that can be prevented可以避免的；可以防止的◆many deaths from heart disease are actually avoidable.许多因心脏病造成的死亡实际上是可以避免的。 opp unavoidable → inevitable ■ preventable (rather formal) 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.每年大约有 1 400 万幼儿死于可以防止的疾病。note 辨析 avoidable or preventable? preventable is mainly used to talk about medical conditions and accidents. * preventable 一般修饰疾病和事故◆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.与 avoidable 搭配的词范围更广，更普遍，但 avoidable 不能修饰疾病◆(an) avoidable death / accident / risk / delay / cost / suffering / distress可以避免的死亡／事故／风险／延误／费用／痛苦／忧虑◆avoidable diseases/illnesses ■ expendable (rather formal, especially business尤用于商业) 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可牺牲的；可消耗的；可毁灭的◆it is a sad moment when you realize you are expendable in your job.认识到自己在工作中是可以牺牲掉的，这一刻真让人悲哀。unnecessary (usually disapproving) (of remarks or violence) not necessary in a particular situation and likely to be offensive（言语或暴力）不必要且容易开罪于人的◆that last comment was a bit unnecessary, wasn't it?那最后的评论有点多余，不是吗？note 辨析 gratuitous or unnecessary? gratuitous is a slightly stronger word than unnecessary and is used especially when sth is said or done in order to offend or shock people. unnecessary comments or violence may not be designed to offend people, but may have that effect because people have not thought carefully about the possible effects of their words or actions. * gratuitous 语义较 unnecessary 略强，尤用以表示所说或所为就是为了冒犯人或招人讨厌。unnecessary 表示评论或暴力也许并非有意冒犯人，但或许产生了那种结果，原因是人们没有仔细考虑自己的言行可能造成的影响。unnecessary /ʌnnesəsəri; name ʌnnesəseri/ not needed; more than is needed不需要的；不必要的；多余的◆our first priority is to reduce unnecessary expense.我们的头等大事是减少不必要的花费。◆they were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.他们因虐待动物而被判有罪。◆all this fuss is totally unnecessary.这场纷扰是完全可以避免的。ⓘ unnecessary is often used to talk about how much money people are spending when they don't actually need to * unnecessary 常用来表示人们花了多少钱，而实际上并不需要花那么多◆(an) unnecessary expense / expenditure / cost / luxury不必要的花费／开销／费用／奢侈品or how much pain or inconvenience they suffer when they don't need to.或表示人们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／苦难／艰辛／延误／困难／难处／纷扰／焦虑／担心 opp necessary → necessary ▸ unnecessarily adverb◆there's no point worrying him unnecessarily.没有必要让他过于担心。unnecessary/ˌʌnˈnesəsəri; us -serɪ ||; ʌnˈnɛsəˌsɛrɪ/adj more than is needed or acceptable 不必要的；不需要的；多余的: ◇we should try to avoid all unnecessary expense. 我们应设法避免所有不必要的开支。 ☞look at needless, which has a different meaning. 参看needless，意思不同。 [opp] necessary 反义词为necessary➔unnecessarily /ˌʌnˈnesəsərəli ;ˌʌnˌnesəˈserəli ||; ʌnˈnɛsəˌsɛrəlɪ; ʌnˈnɛsəˌsɛrəlɪ/ adv ◇his explanation was unnecessarily complicated. 他的解释不必要地复杂。 un·ne·ces·sa·ry /ʌn`nɛsəˏsɛrɪ; ʌnˈnesəsəri/adj 1. something that is unnecessary is not needed, or does not have to be done 不必要的，多余的:◇the unnecessary use of drugs 药物的不必要使用 2. unkind or unreasonable 刻薄的; 无理的:◇a rather unnecessary remark 相当刻薄的话 ☞ unnecessary |
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