needless是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 不需要的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It is needless to say that he was a bold, dashing fellow, ready to dare anything and was astonished at nothing.
-- It is needless to add that this forest, as well as the coast already surveyed, was destitute of any sign of human life.
-- This was done that very day, and it is needless to add, that every precaution was taken that the experiment might succeed.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Kit, who appeared at the summons, deigned to make no reply to so needless an injunction, and after staring at Quilp in a threatening manner, as if he doubted whether he might not have been the cause of Nelly shedding tears, and felt more than half disposed to revenge the fact upon him on the mere suspicion, turned about and followed his young mistress, who had by this time taken her leave of Mrs Quilp and departed.
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