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

• 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。
• An uncritical attitude, view, etc In criticism, it is essential to guard against subjectivism and arbitrariness.
  不愿批评的态度、观点等批评要防止主观武断。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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》
• 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
• 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。
• 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。