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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• On the basis of theory research and language application, this paper sets out to analyze and paraphrase the principle of arbitrariness of semiotics put forward by Saussure.
  从理论和语言运用上分析阐述索绪尔提出的任意性原则，指出该原则的适用性：不仅揭示语言符号的性质，同时对普通语言学建设起了促进作用。
• 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。
• 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。
• This paper argues that both arbitrariness and motivation are Lansign's basic characteristics and that they are a unity of opposites in Lansign's every aspect and category.
  其实，任意性和理据性都是语言符号的基本特征，二者有机地对立统一于语言符号的各个层面和范畴。
• A Probe into the Relationship between the Arbitrariness and the Motivation of the Language Signs
  语言符号任意性和理据性关系的探究