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。
• 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。
• 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 magnification of rationality tends to rational arbitrariness which damages individual freedom and disparages the self-value of rationality.
  理性维度的放大则招致理性的专横自负，在戕害个人自由的同时也减损了自身的价值。
• Her arbitrariness made her many enemies.
  她独断专横，因而树敌甚多。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。