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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• The concept of arbitrariness in De Saussures semiology theory is based on the negation of nominalism, including both the arbitrariness of value and that between the signifier and the signified.
  索绪尔的任意性概念是建立在否定语言命名观的基础之上的，它包括价值任意性、能指与所指之间的任意性两种。
• 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。
• Arbitrariness of the spending is'moonlight clan'cause.
  随意性的开支是‘月光族’产生的根源。
• From the perspective of language philosophy, language view, as well as arbitrariness and theoretical motivation, the paper explores the connectivity between saussure's idea on linguistics and cognitive grammar, with the expectation that more attention will be paid to the study in this respect.
  摘要本文从语言哲学、语言观和任意性以及理据性的角度，探讨了索绪尔语言学思想与认知语法的连通性，以期引发对这方面的问题给予更多的研究和关注。
• 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。
• Iconicity, a basic feature of linguistic symbols in contrast to arbitrariness, emphasizes that symbolic signifiers and signified are motivated.
  符号的象似性是与任意性相对的一种语言特征。