Arbitrary
['ɑːbɪt(rə)rɪ] or ['ɑrbətrɛri]
解释:
(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' .
安琪莉可录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
(a.) Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.
(a.) Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government.
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同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Irresponsible, absolute, tyrannical, tyrannous, imperious, domineering, bound by no law.[2]. Optional, voluntary, determined by no rule or principle.
手打:托马斯
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Tyrannical, harsh, dictatorial, imperious, bearing, overbearing, selfish,absolute, irresponsible, tyrannous, domineering, peremptory
ANT:Mild, modest, lenient, considerate, obliging, limited, equitable,constitutional
本校对
解释:
adj. not bound by rules: despotic absolute arising from accident rather than from rule varying uncertain.—adv. Ar′bitrarily.—n. Ar′bitrariness.
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例句:
- It is, of course, arbitrary to separate industrial competency from capacity in good citizenship. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It is not merely an arbitrary decision of theirs, come to without reason. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- These services, therefore, being almost entirely arbitrary, subjected the tenant to many vexations. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Why, she was called in the Institution, Harriet Beadle--an arbitrary name, of course. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Such a meaning would be arbitrary and could not be deduced in any way. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Their isolation, and consequently their purely arbitrary going together, is canceled; a unified developing situation takes its place. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It is a closed corporation, and you create arbitrary objections in order to keep people out. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- This fine, which was at first arbitrary, came, in many countries, to be regulated at a certain portion of the price of the land. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Very fine talking, retorted George Lamb, but, in fact, love is the most arbitrary passion we are susceptible of. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- If it is a purely arbitrary one, it may be impossible for us to solve it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain and not arbitrary. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Though most governments are _de facto_ arbitrary, and consequently the curse and scandal of human nature, yet none are _de jure_ arbitrary. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- As matter of fact, science serves all these purposes, and it would be an arbitrary task to try to fix upon one of them as its real end. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- In despair of other solutions to its intellectual discords it had resorted to arbitrary authority. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- To judge by his threats, he would have employed arbitrary, even cruel, means to advance the cause of freedom and equality. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Though the rules of justice be artificial, they are not arbitrary. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- They are in no respect arbitrary, but are, or may be, in all cases, perfectly clear and certain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I wish Society was not so arbitrary, I wish it was not so exacting--Bird, be quiet! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- We apply our measure to uniform extension, meting out the waters by fathoms or space by the sun's diame ter, and even subject time to arbitrary divisions. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Extensive arbitrary prohibitions for the boys, for the girls, for the women, also probably came very early into human history. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Capitation taxes, if it is attempted to proportion them to the fortune or revenue of each contributor, become altogether arbitrary. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Several of the best botanists, such as Mr. Bentham and others, have strongly insisted on their arbitrary value. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The houses are from five to seven feet high, and all built upon one arbitrary plan--the ungraceful form of a dry-goods box. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- There is difficulty because we have not selected an arbitrary unit of work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The public services to which the yeomanry were bound, were not less arbitrary than the private ones. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- This classification is not arbitrary like the grouping of the stars in constellations. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- He saw the need for versatility--for more simplicity in operation--for getting away from arbitrary rules--for release from the sapping mental tax. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
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