needlessly
adv. 不需要地,不必要地
Something that is needless is completely unnecessary.
But his death was so needless...
但他的死太没有必要了。
'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。”
You use needless to say when you want to emphasize that what you are about to say is obvious and to be expected in the circumstances.
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。
1. without need;
Half a million women die needlessly each year during childbirth.
每年有50万女性难产致死是本可避免的。
He said something to me so mean, so needlessly cruel.
他对我说了一些十分刻薄、太过冷酷的话。
Thousands of children in the world today suffer needlessly.
当今世界有成千上万的儿童遭受着不必要的痛苦.
Yet they were built on stilts , quite needlessly.
半山上也用吊脚楼形式, 这形式是必须的吗?
To worry is often to energize needlessly.
忧虑往往是浪费精力.