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 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。
• 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 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》
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。