arbitrary

英 [ˈɑːbɪtrəri]

美 [ˈɑːrbɪtreri]

adj.  任意的; 武断的; 随心所欲的; 专横的; 专制的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 任意的；武断的；随心所欲的
  not seeming to be based on a reason, system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
  1. The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary.
     看来这个队的队员完全是随意选定的。
  2. He makes unpredictable, arbitrary decisions.
     他做的决定难以预料，主观武断。
• 专横的；专制的
  using power without restriction and without considering other people
  1. the arbitrary powers of officials
     官员的专制权力

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

adj

• based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
  1. an arbitrary decision
  2. the arbitrary rule of a dictator
  3. an arbitrary penalty
  4. of arbitrary size and shape
  5. an arbitrary choice
  6. arbitrary division of the group into halves

双语例句

• The names are given the arbitrary prefix "Wjc" to avoid conflicts with other class and property names.
  （名称添加了前缀“Wjc”以避免与其他类和属性名冲突）。
• It represents an arbitrary, radical and absurd moment of our history.
  它印证了我们历史上某个瞬间的武断、激进和荒唐。
• Users can also specify any start and end date for arbitrary time ranges.
  用户还可以指定任意时间范围的开始和结束日期。
• Proposes a scheme to generate a superposition of motional coherent states with arbitrary multiple trapped ions.
  提出了一个制备任意多个囚禁离子叠加运动相干态的方案。
• The commands in these two scripts are sufficient to connect a network of any arbitrary size.
  这两个脚本中的命令足够用于连接一个任意大小的网络。
• The arbitrary police action provoked the public.
  警察的专横行为激起了公愤。
• This ensures that my custom tags can be nested to any arbitrary depth in the GSP.
  这样确保了我的自定义标记可以按照任意深度嵌套到GSP中。
• This may include performing the mapping between existing arbitrary XML and SQL schemata.
  可能包括执行现有XML和SQL模式之间的映射。
• This enables the user to view an arbitrary number of columns on small displays without resorting to horizontal scrolling.
  这就使得用户可以在小型的显示器上查看任意数量的列了，而不用再去水平拖动了。
• MBeanServer instances can also be combined into arbitrary federated relationships to form more complex, distributed environments.
  MBeanServer实例还可以结合到任意的联合关系中，构成更复杂的分布式环境。