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

• On the Unification of Trinal Properties& Arbitrariness, Motivation and Iconicity of Linguistic Sign.; Verbal Symbols and Non-verbal Symbols: Similarity and Disparity
  论语言符号的三重性&任意性、理据性与象似性的统一试论语言符号与非语言符号的共性与个性
• But Gregory argues that genomes embody the very mix of adaptation and arbitrariness that Darwin had in mind.
  但格雷戈里认为，基因组恰好体现了达尔文的初衷：适应性和随意性的混合体。
• And3 in inner-party criticism, guard against subjectivism, arbitrariness and the vulgarization of criticism; statements should be based on facts and criticism should centre on politics.
  三党内批评要防止主观武断和把批评庸俗化，说话要有证据，批评要注意政治。
• 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。
• It would be unfair to claim that calculation of model stars inherently contains an element of arbitrariness.
  认为恒星模型的计算必然带有某种主观随意性是不公正的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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》
• Arbitrariness and truthfulness are two basic characteristics of oral confession.
  摘要任意性和真实性是口供的两个基本特征。