| 单词 | arbitrary |
| 释义 | arbitrary (once / 598 pages) adj Something that's arbitrary seems like it's chosen at random instead of following a consistent rule. Team members would dislike their coach using a totally arbitrary method to pick starting players. Even though arbitrary comes from a word meaning "judge" (arbiter), that doesn't mean judges are always fair. Calling a decision-maker arbitrary is usually a negative thing, suggesting the person is making rules based on whim rather than justice. A coach who selects starting players arbitrarily isn't strictly applying a rule; he could just be picking names out of a hat. WORD FAMILYarbitrary: arbitrarily, arbitrariness, nonarbitrary, unarbitrary USAGE EXAMPLESThey described arbitrary detentions, violent interrogations and killings by security forces. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Otherwise, the move would also likely be struck down in court as “arbitrary and capricious,” he argued. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) The argument against their enshrinement was always too simplistic and naive for my liking, not to mention arbitrary and illogical. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) adj based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice an arbitrary decision the arbitrary rule of a dictator an arbitrary penalty of arbitrary size and shape an arbitrary choice arbitrary division of the group into halves Syn|Ant absolute not limited by law capricious, impulsive, whimsicaldetermined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason discretional, discretionaryhaving or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment nonarbitrary, unarbitrary not subject to individual determination prescribedset down as a rule or guide |
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