gratuitous
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–adjective
1. given, done, bestowed,
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obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
2. being without apparent reason, cause, or justification: a gratuitous insult.
3. Law. given without receiving any return value.
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gratuitous (adj.), gratitude, gratuity (nn.)
Gratitude and gratuitous derive from the same word, the Latin gratus ("grace"), but whereas gratitude means only "gratefulness, thankfulness,"
gratuitous has two meanings: "free, without charge," now fairly rare, and the much more frequent "uncalled for, unjustified, unnecessary, without good reason," as in It was a gratuitous insult, quite undeserved. Context must make clear which meaning you intend.
A gratuity is a gift for service, a tip.
In the original version, there was an endless, pointless sequence of Bud driving through Western states and collecting bug splats on his windshield; the 81/2 minutes Gallo has taken out of that sequence were as exciting as watching paint after it has already dried.
Now he arrives sooner in California, and there is the now-famous scene in a motel room involving Daisy (Chloe Sevigny). Yes, it is explicit, and no, it is not gratuitous.
。動作
Convulsion
。引發
engender
Dafoe [en]genders so much more sympathy that the film's central dynamic grows a bit [lop]sided.
insurrection
Slowly letting his insurrection[ist] sympathies show,
instigate
The Great Escape, for all of its many virtues, [painted] Blur into a corner and there was only one way out -- to abandon the Britpop that they had instigated by bringing the weird [strands] that always floated through their music to the surface.
foment
elicit
beckon
He beckoned me to [follow].
One of the characters speaks of a benevolent psychopathology that beckons [toward] us.
but not enough to make it a very [viable] theatrical attraction. Further fest play and upscale cable [venues] beckon.
demagogue
It is dominated by the dynamic performance of Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark, a thinly disguised version of real-life populist [demagogue] Huey Long.
abattoir
abet
to abet a [swindler] [crime]
[abetted] by a talented young cast, [capture] the perfect naturalistic tone.
Rachel Portman's able score is [abetted] by any number of standard and classical tunes.
while Thomas Newman's score is [abetted] by some musical selections that consciously ape those used in some Vietnam-era dramas.
and Arianne Phillips' retro-[kitsch] costumes offer plenty of visual flash, [abetted] by Frank G. DeMarco's often striking color lensing.
Yes, it's really good, far, far better than the average soi-disant sophisticate might imagine, but that's not my point: Talk about a vision!
The apparent [tedious] limitations of having to tell a visual and dramatic story frame by frame, while you move the hair of an eyebrow a fraction of a fraction of a centimeter to the left,
and lift just the slight outside of an animal's lip in the beginning of a wistful expression falls away into a dizzying rush of both confident character and endless delight, brilliantly [abetted] by the obvious gifts of being able to listen to George Clooney or Meryl Streep while you are doing it.
The film's first act, dealing with Mifune's discovery and [tortured] decision-making process is a tour-de-force of acting and direction, shot in master scenes whose fluidity is abetted [by] the mobility and lightness of the shoji screens separating the rooms of the [spacious] house.
goad
Frost and Reston did finally goad Nixon [into] saying that he let the American people down,
Bert is always calculating. When he tells Eddie he's a "loser," we know he says that to [goad] him to win or push him to lose,
Nor does the film build up a terrifying sense of implacable cruelty goaded [into] viciousness by an image of heroic innocence and victimization.
mutinous
Now, remember, Smith, you come to these shores in chain. Your under a cloud, which will darken considerably if I hear any more of your mutinous remarks.
rout
roust
Origin: 1650–60; perh. alter. of rouse
rout, as from a place
to roust someone [out] of bed.
I roust some muchacho on the street with no papers, all he's got to say is: I work for Jimmy Herrera.
entice (desire) & incite (act)
enticing
elicit
illicit
illegal
solicit
No soliciting [allowed] in this building. cf. tout
solicitude
the tender solicitude of [parents]
galvanize
but Rourke creates a [galvanizing], humorous, deeply moving portrait
。外交
extradite
Of course, there is Switzerland but... they extradite.
extradition
Polanski is under [house] arrest in Switzerland and [facing] possible extradition to the U.S. in connection with his 1978 conviction for having unlawful sex with an [underage] girl and his subsequent escape to Europe.
pact
In the film's most serious misstep, we are asked to accept that the couple have a [pact] that Mae not be medicated with Lithium because it kills her "spirit."
cf. shingle
shindig
Not so much. I go out once a week. I’m really out of practice at Hollywood [shindigs], where the chatter is basically "nonversations."
consulate
Fred began his advance work with a visit to the consulate.
In Mastaganem, you go to the French consulate so that they give pasaport. Say you that it is lost.
envoy
I propose we send a envoy to this king, to see whether he can be persuaded to trade with us.
contingent
contingent [liability]
Our plans are contingent [on] the weather.
Have the [Scottish] contingent arrived at the meeting yet?
While in her late teens and living with her husband and new family in a Des Moines trailer park, she became [enveloped] in the Fountain of Joy church -- basically a born-again hippie [contingent].
durbar
It went like clockwork. "quite like a durbar," lady edser said. 印度諸侯的宮廷,接待廳,正式接見
courier
The Chinese intelligence wasn't too happy with parking ticket statistics. Finally, at my urging, Ren got a job as a courier... carrying sensitive government [documents].
。往來
Devolve
Gratuitous
- Dec 12 Fri 2008 22:45
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