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单词 arbitrary
释义
arbitrary
adjective
uk
/ˈɑː.bɪ.trər.i/us
/ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i/

arbitraryadjective(CHANCE)

C2
basedonchanceratherthan beingplannedorbasedonreason:
任意的；随机的；随心所欲的
arbitrary decision-making随意决策
Did you have areasonforchoosingyourdestinationor was it arbitrary?你根据什么选择目的地？还是随意选定的？
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
happening by chance with no cause or reason
  • randomIt was a random encounter between two long-lost friends.
  • chanceA chance meeting brought them back together.
  • arbitraryIt seems like the decision to cancel such a successful TV programme was completely arbitrary.
  • haphazardHer cabinets were stuffed with a haphazard jumble of books, clothes, tins of soup, and papers.
  • coincidentalAny similarity between the characters in this book and real people, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
  • inadvertentA good editor will catch and correct all inadvertent typos in a text.
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More examples
  • Why did theycutyourjoband not mine? Itseemsto have beenpurelyarbitrary.
  • Heplayeda few arbitrarynoteson thepiano, totryit out.
  • Ithoughtit was just an arbitraryarrangementofchairs- I didn'trealizeit was anartexhibit!
  • Thegardenisn'tplannedat all - wetendto justplantthings in an arbitrary way.
  • Therefugeeswerefoundduring an arbitraryvehiclecheckat theferryport.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Chance and randomness
  • accident
  • aleatory
  • arbitrarily
  • arbitrariness
  • as luck would have itidiom
  • fluke
  • fluky
  • fortuitous
  • fortuitously
  • fortuitousness
  • luck
  • luck intosomething
  • more by accident than designidiom
  • more by luck than judgmentidiom
  • non-purposive
  • randomized
  • randomly
  • randomness
  • serendipitous
  • stumble intosomething
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arbitraryadjective(UNFAIR)

disapproving
usingunlimitedpersonalpowerwithoutconsideringother people'srightsorwishes:
an arbitraryruler专制的统治者
Thecompanyhas been thesubjectof an arbitrary take-over.这家公司被强行接管。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
  • ableism
  • ableist
  • agism
  • agist
  • Anglocentric
  • discrimination
  • discriminatory
  • elitism
  • elitist
  • ethnocentric
  • one-sided
  • one-sidedness
  • one-way
  • othering
  • partial
  • unbalance
  • unequal
  • unequally
  • uneven
  • unevenly
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Related words

arbitrarily
arbitrariness
(Definition ofarbitraryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
arbitrary
adjective
uk
/ˈɑː.bɪ.trər.i/us
/ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i/

arbitraryadjective(CHANCE)

C2
basedonchanceratherthan beingplannedorbasedonreason
任意的；随机的；随心所欲的
arbitrary decision-making随意决策
Did you have areasonforchoosingyourdestinationor was it arbitrary?你根据什么选择目的地？还是随意选定的？
More examples
  • Why did theycutyourjoband not mine? Itseemsto have beenpurelyarbitrary.
  • Heplayeda few arbitrarynoteson thepiano, totryit out.
  • Ithoughtit was just an arbitraryarrangementofchairs- I didn'trealizeit was anartexhibit!
  • Thegardenisn'tplannedat all - wetendto justplantthings in an arbitrary way.
  • Therefugeeswerefoundduring an arbitraryvehiclecheckat theferryport.

arbitraryadjective(UNFAIR)

disapproving
usingunlimitedpersonalpowerwithoutconsideringother people'swishes
专断的；武断的；霸道的
an arbitraryruler专制的统治者
Thecompanyhas been thesubjectof an arbitrary take-over.这家公司被强行接管。

arbitrary| American Dictionary

arbitrary
adjective
us
/ˈɑr·bɪˌtrer·i/
basedon adesireorideaorchanceratherthanreason:
Heroutfitwas an arbitrarychoicebut was justperfect.

arbitrarily

adverbus
/ˌɑr·bəˈtreər·ə·li/
We didn’tthinkmuch about it, just arbitrarilydecidedto go to Italy.

arbitrariness

noun[U]us
/ˌɑr·bəˈtreər·i·nəs/
disapproving
The arbitrariness ofhumannatureinfuriatesme.
(Definition ofarbitraryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofarbitrary

arbitrary
The present study requires no prescribed entrance conditions, and permits solution for completelyarbitraryshape.
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That percentages of air being used add up to one unit of air is purelyarbitrary.
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Their formulation is vague and thearbitrarythree-dimensional plots intended as abstract representations of the global array are not particularly informative.
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In fact, it is interesting to note that any closed region witharbitraryshape reduces to a point as the region reduces to zero.
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The surfaces generated by subdivision schemes on such nets are no longer restricted to bivariate functions, and they can represent surfaces ofarbitrarytopology.
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The 'could' in the first sentence is worth noting but, passing quickly over this point, the 10 per cent figure seemsarbitrary, at best.
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The concept of visible tangent links can be extended toarbitraryshaped obstacles.
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This makes it possible to define tries and operations on tries generically forarbitrarydatatypes.
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The dimensional analysis is per formed for anarbitraryvelocity, leading to the conclusion that the dependence on the parameters is identical for different velocities.
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In the case of an axially symmetric vortex, the newly formed dipoles diverge inarbitrarydirections, whereas here it is predetermined by the initial configuration.
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Analogously to the situation for resolvespecs, there is a tension between allowingarbitrarycomputation in defining the relations and supporting compile-time analysis.
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The extension toarbitrarydatatypes is then uniquely defined.
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Deletion is defined to remove anarbitrarynumber of elements.
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There is a thrill in recognizing new anagrams,arbitrarythough they may be, that resembles the thrill of discovering natural phenomena.
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First, if there is no natural zero point that separates positive from negative value, then any particular zero point isarbitrary.
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