| 单词 | arbitrary |
| 释义 | arbitrary (ɑːʳbɪtri , US -treri ) adjective If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this. [disapproval] Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common. arbitrarily (ɑːʳbɪtreərɪli ) adverb [ADVERB with verb] The victims were not chosen arbitrarily. arbitrariness (ɑːʳbɪtrərinəs , US -trer- ) uncountable noun He is horrified by the apparent arbitrariness by which she sets the prices. Synonyms: dictatorialness, tyranny, despotism, dogmatism Synonyms: randomness, inconsistency, subjectivity, wilfulness Collocations: arbitrary authority With economic mismanagement comes a recurring temptation to blame others and exercise arbitrary authority. Times, Sunday Times On a purely pragmatic level it would ensure that companies did not invest, and foreign enterprise and capital fled for fear of the arbitrary authority of the state. Times, Sunday Times It also makes a freer society, as citizens can live without fear of arbitrary authority. Times, Sunday Times Cultural continuity depends on arbitrary authority. Times, Sunday Times His defiance of what he called arbitrary authority got him in trouble occasionally. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Did some ancient tastemaker make an arbitrary choice that the rest of us simply followed? Times, Sunday Times For an academic all-rounder, medicine was an almost arbitrary choice. Times, Sunday Times Otherwise, an implementation could make an arbitrary choice regarding which transition was taken. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This halving depends on an arbitrary choice, called a polarization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The editing thing was an arbitrary choice at first. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was offered only to those interpreters employed on an arbitrary date in 2012. Times, Sunday Times Our worth should be appreciated beyond some arbitrary date. Times, Sunday Times Aside from pre-1975 pianos, virtually the only exemptions are for such artefacts of 'outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value' from before 1918 (an entirely arbitrary date). Times, Sunday Times The source said the government set an arbitrary date of the summer to wrap up the majority of cases, without providing resources to get through the heavy workload. Times, Sunday Times It was an arbitrary decision. Times, Sunday Times Arbitrary decisions and diversion offer little room for the exercise of true justice. Times, Sunday Times To leave the law uncertain risks conflicting and apparently arbitrary decisions. Times, Sunday Times Arbitrary decisions of this kind stand to destroy the environment and livelihoods. Times, Sunday Times Only very occasionally do our politicians intervene, sometimes taking arbitrary decisions. Times, Sunday Times Threats have also been made to critical journalists, who have suffered house searches, confiscation of equipment and arbitrary detention. Times, Sunday Times It rejected just four of the 1,325 complaints presented to it between 2009-14, finding that the rest were cases of arbitrary detention. Times, Sunday Times Parts of the constitution have been suspended, including freedoms of expression and movement, rights of assembly and freedom from arbitrary detention. Times, Sunday Times She listed the reasons why his selfimposed incarceration did not qualify as arbitrary detention. Times, Sunday Times However, the term physical creates an unintended, somewhat arbitrary distinction, since many branches of physical science also study biological phenomena. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those that apply this mode of thinking to something are making an arbitrary distinction, the opposite of which could always be claimed with equal justification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, any precise estimate depends on a partly arbitrary distinction between languages and dialects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Electrical phenomena are a somewhat arbitrary division of electromagnetic phenomena. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With this arbitrary division, the presbytery was improperly narrow for such a grand cathedral. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a geographical concept, an imaginary line may serve as an arbitrary division (such as a border). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other arbitrary divisions may be in use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Robust institutions are an essential safeguard against the arbitrary exercise of power. Times, Sunday Times It meant legal rationality and efficiency, both of which were modern improvements on the arbitrary exercise of power. Times, Sunday Times The unlawful imprisonment of the claimant was not merely unconstitutional but an arbitrary exercise of executive power which was outrageous. Times, Sunday Times Both measures were meant to restrict the perceived arbitrary exercise of executive authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Parliament included these safeguards to check the arbitrary exercise of power by the armed forces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This somewhat arbitrary figure allows us, however, to compute a benchmark compensation figure for both homeowners and parsonage dwellers. Christianity Today The 10 maximum strikes some as a completely arbitrary figure and operators are puzzled as to how the government has arrived at it. Times, Sunday Times But when a party chooses an arbitrary figure, 80,000, above which it has determined that taxes should go up, the reporting has been entirely correct. Times, Sunday Times If they could we would have arbitrary government and the law says we leave at the end of this month. The Sun Such uncertainty could and did permit the charge of arbitrary government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This provision guarantees the right to freedom from arbitrary government interference, as well as due process of law. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When sport becomes a political football, when success hinges not on ability but arbitrary interference, these values are compromised. Times, Sunday Times It enables people to plan, to invest and to live without fear of arbitrary interference. Times, Sunday Times The constitution and law generally prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The constitution prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and government authorities generally respect these prohibitions in practice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The constitution also prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He doesn't want an arbitrary limit - we agree there. The Sun You just tighten all the family entitlements enshrined in law and shut the borders when you reach an arbitrary limit, regardless of the economic need. Times, Sunday Times They can only enforce an arbitrary limit. Times, Sunday Times An arbitrary limit of 10 metres has been adopted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Moreover, by setting these arbitrary limits, we take the responsibility for judgment away from the driver, which has adverse implications for the 'ownership' of safety. Times, Sunday Times When punishment comes - such is the arbitrary nature of things - it is often for the wrong offence. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The retrospective and, in some cases, arbitrary nature of the tax has been deeply resented. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Despite the rather arbitrary nature of the latter requirement, it makes perfect sense. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The other wants some arbitrary number. The Sun This will compute the average of an arbitrary number of arguments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A nested table doesn't have a maximum size, and an arbitrary number of elements can be stored in it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Note that many other image handling applications do not support a color palette of an arbitrary number of colors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a hypergraph, components are represented by hyperedges which can connect to an arbitrary number of nodes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But if implemented it would have represented a dangerous exercise in arbitrary power. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It also tended to limit the exercise of arbitrary power by the emperor himself. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995) It is a test case for the supremacy of law over arbitrary power. Times, Sunday Times (2016) These days arbitrary power has unmistakably comic undertones. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He called for the replacement of the system of arbitrary rule by naval commanders, seeking instead to have a resident governor and an elective legislature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A hub can have any arbitrary rule. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But rather than imposing arbitrary rules and micromanaging products, the regulator should focus on the overall risk of each bank's lending book. Times, Sunday Times Arbitrary rules have been a feature of the pandemic. Times,Sunday Times It's not advanced by arbitrary rules that stultify prose and are a parody of learning. Times, Sunday Times It doesn't, and shouldn't, apply an arbitrary standard of what its compilers happen to prefer. Times, Sunday Times They decried its emphasis on an arbitrary standard of beauty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since this selection constitutes an arbitrary standard, however, standard varieties are only correct in the sense that they are highly valued within the society that uses the language. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Zero sum game, based on arbitrary standards. Christianity Today This was always an arbitrary target alighted on for political rather than economic reasons. Times, Sunday Times We still shovel the cash out the door to meet some arbitrary target. The Sun Those difficult objectives are better served by cautious pragmatism than arbitrary targets. Times, Sunday Times I spend this time marvelling at a system obsessed with arbitrary targets. Times, Sunday Times We're no fan of arbitrary targets - especially when there's no hope of actually hitting them. The Sun However, many are critical of these units due to the arbitrary use of time as the basis for measuring educational attainment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The brutal exploitation and arbitrary use of violence, in which some of the concessionary companies had excelled, were curbed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time, arbitrary use of the power of prorogation can unbalance the very fragile balance of power that exists between the different parts of government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At least this celestial transfer reminds us that the patterns we choose to make in the sky are completely arbitrary. Times, Sunday Times At times yesterday the payouts appeared to be completely arbitrary. Times, Sunday Times This has been done with no due process, in a completely arbitrary way. Times, Sunday Times According to theory, pentamode metamaterials can be used as the building blocks for materials with completely arbitrary elastic properties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, because such directives are not, in practice, used in completely arbitrary ways, one can build practical tools for handling preprocessed languages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A few hundred unlabeled dust-covered items are on display in the hallways’ glass cases, a seemingly arbitrary assortment of plaques, sailboats and weaponry. Smithsonian Mag The seemingly arbitrary rejections are prompting some people to fight back and challenge banks' decisions - with some degree of success. Times, Sunday Times The confinement, the loss of personal autonomy on a plane are wearing, the petty rules tiresome and seemingly arbitrary. Times, Sunday Times Why the seemingly arbitrary height limit? Times, Sunday Times They are right to search for 'laws and regularities' to explain the welter of 'seemingly arbitrary and unpredictable events' that seem so overwhelming. The Times Literary Supplement The ensuing penalty can often be seen to be somewhat arbitrary. Times, Sunday Times Any restriction of such a right would be discriminatory and somewhat arbitrary. Times, Sunday Times The 1980 time-frame seems somewhat arbitrary. Times, Sunday Times If at the beginning his imitations were somewhat arbitrary, they did not remain so for long. Times, Sunday Times That also penalised the current owners of the shares, generally not those who had made windfall gains, and was arguably a retrospective and somewhat arbitrary tax. Times, Sunday Times And even if you don't agree with the height restriction, it's not totally arbitrary. Times, Sunday Times This looks like a totally arbitrary decision-making process, with no clear criteria being used to decide which schools are safe and which will go ahead. Times, Sunday Times A rugby union referee holds the destiny of a game in the pea of his whistle and has carte blanche to apply this power in a totally arbitrary fashion. Times, Sunday Times Two wretched traffic marshals at the barrier are trying to implement totally arbitrary rules as to who may pass. Times, Sunday Times I loved the idea of the totally arbitrary nature of infidelity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 随意的 Japanese: 恣意的な |
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