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- needlessly needler needlepoint needle
adv.
1.
ADJ-GRADED
不需要的;不必要的 Something that is needless is completely unnecessary.
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But his death was so needless...
但他的死太没有必要了。
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'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。”
needlessly
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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。
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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。
2.
PHRASE
不用说;不必说 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.
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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。
- Adverb
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1. without need;
- "it would needlessly bring badness into the world"
- 1. 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。
来自《简明英汉词典》
