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

• 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。
• 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。
• Since prejudice always exists in human nature, it is held an epoch-making wisdom to restrict human arbitrariness through law of certainty, objectivity, and of form and science.
  摘要人性中总有偏私的一面，为此以确定性、客观性、形式性、科学性的法律来限制行为模式中任意性的一面，可以被视为划时代的智慧结晶。
• 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。
• It establishes an absolute energy, removing the classical arbitrariness of the zero of energy.
  它规定了绝对能量，排除了经典的能量零点的任意性。
• 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。
• In criticism, it is essential to guard against subjectivism and arbitrariness.
  批评要防止主观武断。
• The primary scientificalization is a kind of scientificalization process of the arbitrariness of the scientific rationality.
  初级科学化是一种科学理性独断的科学化过程。
• The arbitrariness of language symbols is the primary factor that handicaps an adults English vocabulary learning process.
  语言符号的任意性是成年人英语词汇学习的主要障碍。
• On the basis of theory research and language application, this paper sets out to analyze and paraphrase the principle of arbitrariness of semiotics put forward by Saussure.
  从理论和语言运用上分析阐述索绪尔提出的任意性原则，指出该原则的适用性：不仅揭示语言符号的性质，同时对普通语言学建设起了促进作用。