词汇 | arbitrarily |
释义 | arbitrarily adverb uk /ˌɑː.bɪˈtreə.rəl.i/ us /ˌɑːr.bəˈtrer.əl.i/ arbitrarilyadverb (BY CHANCE)in a way that is based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason: We made the decision to go to Italy quite arbitrarily. He arbitrarily decided to take the part. They just arbitrarily pick a number. You can't just arbitrarily say that there are going to be 500 more students. We didn't make these changes arbitrarily, but for a good reason. Chance and randomness accident accident of birth aleatory arbitrariness arbitrary crapshoot even money fluke fluky fortuitous luck luck into something more by accident than designidiom more by luck than judgmentidiom non-purposive randomness serendipitous serendipitously sortition stumble into something arbitrarilyadverb (UNFAIRLY)disapproving in a way that uses personal power unfairly and without considering people's rights and wishes: 专断地;武断地;霸道地 Local officials enforce rules arbitrarily and unreasonably.地方官员专断、不合理地执行规则。 People have been held incommunicado for decades without trial and killed arbitrarily. The clergy became a ruling class that arbitrarily made decrees affecting people's lives. The police arrested and detained people arbitrarily. Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly ableism ableist agism agist Anglocentric discriminative discriminatorily discriminatory drumhead elitism one-sided one-sidedly one-sidedness one-way othering two-tier unbalance unequal unequally uneven Seearbitrary |
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