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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• Her arbitrariness made her many enemies.
  她独断专横，因而树敌甚多。
• 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。