Needlessly

(adv.) without need; 'it would needlessly bring badness into the world'.

整理:塔尼娅

• I will not task myself beyond my powers, nor will I needlessly seek danger. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Excuse me, said Jane earnestly, I cannot by any means consent to such an arrangement, so needlessly troublesome to your servant. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• She considers me a useful machine, answering well the purpose for which it was hired; so would not have me needlessly injured. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I had not wished him to see that the water stood in my eyes, for his was too kind a nature ever to be needlessly shown such signs of sorrow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• We were all needlessly hurried, all nervously expectant of the morrow. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• These outsiders were barbarians, not to be needlessly thought about; they were barred out now from Greece for ever. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

整理:塔尼娅