senselessly
senselessly — 副詞
1. for no good reason and with no useful result, often causing harm or destruction
無謂地
毫無道理或目的，常造成傷害
for no good reason and with no useful result, often causing harm or destruction
Thousands of soldiers were senselessly killed in a war that solved nothing.
成千上萬的士兵在一場毫無意義的戰爭中被無謂地殺害。
passive: be senselessly killed (of violence)
The rioters senselessly smashed shop windows and set parked cars on fire.
那群暴民毫無意義地砸碎商店櫥窗，還放火燒了路邊停放的車。
Aylin watched her brother senselessly throw away a chance to study abroad.
Aylin 看著弟弟無謂地丟掉了出國留學的好機會。
During the storm, people senselessly rushed outside to film the falling trees.
暴風雨期間，人們毫無意義地衝到戶外，只為了拍下被吹倒的樹木。
Takeshi argued that the factory was senselessly dumping clean water into the river.
Takeshi 主張那家工廠無謂地把乾淨的水排進河裡。
- pointlessly
stresses the lack of any useful result; weaker on the idea of harm
- needlessly
focuses on something being unnecessary and avoidable, without the 'irrational' tone
- mindlessly
emphasises acting without thinking, not necessarily causing damage
- wantonly
more formal; stresses deliberate, reckless cruelty or damage
- sensibly
in a reasonable, well-judged way
- purposefully
with a clear aim in mind
文法句型
senselessly + verb (killed, destroyed, attacked)
senselessly + adjective (e.g. violent)
用法筆記
Most often modifies verbs of killing, attacking, or destroying (senselessly killed, senselessly destroyed), and carries clear disapproval — the speaker judges the action to be both pointless and wrong.