random
adjective
uk/ˈræn.dəm/us/ˈræn.dəm/C1
happening, done, orchosenbychanceratherthanaccordingto aplan:
任意的;随机的;胡乱的randomchecks/tests/attacks随机检查/随机测试/胡乱攻击
Weaskeda randomsample/selectionofpeoplewhat theythought.我们随机挑选一些人,问了他们的想法。
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.
informal
strangeorunusual:
奇怪的,异常的I justsawBillywearingatophat- he's so random!我刚才看见比利戴着一个高帽子——样子太奇怪了!
informal
unknownandunexpectedin aparticularsituation:
未知的Some randomguywalkedin.有个人随便进来了。
at random
C1
bychance, or without beingchosenintentionally:
任意地;随意地;随机地Thewinningentrywill be the firstcorrectanswerdrawnat random.从所有给出正确答案的参赛者中,随意抽出的第一个将获得大奖。
- And what might be theunderlyingsignificanceof thesesupposedlyrandomactsofviolence?
- To myuntutoredeyethat justlookslike aloadof randombrushstrokesandyetit's a veryvaluablepainting.
- Itseemsthat theattackwas a randomactofviolence.
- Thesurveywascarriedout among a randomsampleofvoters.
- Thesecurityguardscarriedout randomchecksonpeopleenteringthebuilding.
Chance and randomness
- accident
- aleatory
- arbitrarily
- arbitrariness
- arbitrary
- even-money
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuitously
- long shot
- luck
- luck intosomething
- more by accident than designidiom
- more by luck than judgmentidiom
- randomized
- randomly
- randomness
- serendipitous
- stumble intosomething
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Unique and unusual
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
Not expected or planned
Unknown and unfamiliar
random
noun[C]
informaluk/ˈræn.dəm/us/ˈræn.dəm/anunknownorunexpectedperson:
任意的某个人You can't make awholemoviewith randoms off thestreet.你不能在街上随便找些人拍完一整部电影。
- I'm not going to give myphonenumberto some random whoasksfor it.
- She doesn'twantto go onholidaywith aloadof randoms she doesn'tknow.
Not expected or planned
- abruptly
- abruptness
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- extemporize
- hoof
- inconceivably
- innocent
- innocently
- instinctive
- instinctively
- spirit
- spontaneity
- spontaneous
- spontaneously
- steepness
- unannounced
- unwitting
- unwittingly
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Unknown and unfamiliar