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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her arbitrariness made her many enemies.
  她独断专横，因而树敌甚多。
• 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。
• 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。
• The concept of arbitrariness in De Saussures semiology theory is based on the negation of nominalism, including both the arbitrariness of value and that between the signifier and the signified.
  索绪尔的任意性概念是建立在否定语言命名观的基础之上的，它包括价值任意性、能指与所指之间的任意性两种。
• 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。
• 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。