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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In criticism, it is essential to guard against subjectivism and arbitrariness.
  批评要防止主观武断。
• The importance of the philosophical ideology of question lies in the fact that it can bring the raising and resolving of the question to the high plane of philosophy, thus preventing from arbitrariness and embodying the spirit of times.
  哲学的问题意识就在于从哲学的角度重视问题的提出和问题的解决过程，以破除独断和昭彰时代精神。
• Arbitrariness of language symbols is a widespread and controversial concept in linguistic philosophy.
  语言符号的任意性是个颇有争议的语言哲学概念。
• An uncritical attitude, view, etc In criticism, it is essential to guard against subjectivism and arbitrariness.
  不愿批评的态度、观点等批评要防止主观武断。
• 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。
• Since prejudice always exists in human nature, it is held an epoch-making wisdom to restrict human arbitrariness through law of certainty, objectivity, and of form and science.
  摘要人性中总有偏私的一面，为此以确定性、客观性、形式性、科学性的法律来限制行为模式中任意性的一面，可以被视为划时代的智慧结晶。
• 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。