arbitrariness

英

美

n.  任意， 霸道，专横， 独断， 武断

BNC.26211 / COCA.24636

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 武断的;任意的;任性的;主观的
  If you describe an action, rule, or decision asarbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
  1. Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
     随意逮捕和拘留屡见不鲜。

英英释义

noun

• the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
  1. I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
  Synonym:flightinesswhimsicalitywhimsywhimseycapriciousness

双语例句

• In criticism, it is essential to guard against subjectivism and arbitrariness.
  批评要防止主观武断。
• In general, what the two parties have adopted is characterized by low devotion, lack of commitment and consistency, as well as highly arbitrariness.
  英国两党在北爱问题上所采取的政策基本是投入不大、缺少承诺、随意性强、缺乏一贯性的政策。
• The merit of this new conclusion is it has fewer arbitrariness parameter, so it can make the use of { 1} inverse more effective and wide ranging.
  此结论优点是具有较少的任意参数，从而能够使{}逆的应用更为有效，广泛。
• But I could still write a book on the arbitrariness of visa requirements the world over.
  但针对全世界胡乱设定的签证要求，我仍可以写出一本书来。
• The newspaper exposes corruption in high places without being tamed by their arbitrariness.
  这家报纸揭露了上层的腐败，他们没有慑于淫威。
• Arbitrariness As an Unbreakable Principle of the Linguistic Sign: Rereading Saussure s Course in General Linguistics;
  不可动摇的语言符号任意性原则&再读索绪尔《普通语言学教程》
• Sometimes it takes a little bit of arbitrariness, but you've got to make the decision before you have all the data, and particularly when you are trying to change something.
  有的时候需要一点独断专行，但你做决定之前，不会得到所有的数据，在你想要进行变革时尤其如此。
• Her arbitrariness made her many enemies.
  她独断专横，因而树敌甚多。
• Life has no purpose, it's everywhere undone by arbitrariness. I do this, and it matters not a jot if I do the opposite.
  生命毫无意义，一切都是反覆无常。我做了某事或相反的事，分别其实不大。
• While there is some synchronic arbitrariness to grammar, not all of what is deemed arbitrary is so.
  虽然语法中有些任意的成分，但并不是全部都被认为是随意的。