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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The arbitrariness of language symbols is the primary factor that handicaps an adults English vocabulary learning process.
  语言符号的任意性是成年人英语词汇学习的主要障碍。
• Her arbitrariness made her many enemies.
  她独断专横，因而树敌甚多。
• 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。
• 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。